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forכִּיthe devious person isנָלוֹזan abominationתוֹעֲבַתto YHWH,יְהוָהbutוְwithאֶתthe uprightיְשָׁרִיםis his intimate counsel.סוֹדוֹ
Proverbs 3:32
Study it in the app“for the devious person is an abomination to YHWH, but with the upright is his intimate counsel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 3:32, word by word
- the devious person isנָלוֹזnaloz
turn aside, be devious
To turn aside, to depart from the way; figuratively, to be crooked or devious.
Where else “naloz” appears- an abominationתוֹעֲבַתtoavat
abomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toavat” appears- to YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- the uprightיְשָׁרִיםyesharim
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yesharim” appears- is his intimate counselסוֹדsod
intimate counsel
A close friendship, like YHWH's with those who fear him.
Where else “sod” appears
The context
31Do not envy a man of violence, and do not choose any of his ways;
32 · This verse (above)
33The curse of YHWH is on the house of the wicked, but the dwelling of the righteous he blesses.