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Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable and offensive [to the LORD]. How much more [unacceptable and insulting can it be] when he brings it with evil intention?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abomination;   Hypocrisy;   Offerings;   Sin;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Abominations;   The Topic Concordance - Abomination;   Sacrifice;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sacrifice;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abomination;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sacrifice;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
The sacrifice of an evil person is detestable, especially when it is offered with wrong motives.
Update Bible Version
The sacrifice of the wicked is disgusting: How much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!
New Century Version
The Lord hates sacrifices brought by evil people, particularly when they offer them for the wrong reasons.
New English Translation
The wicked person's sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!
Webster's Bible Translation
The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination: how much more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
World English Bible
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!
English Standard Version
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The offringis of wickid men, that ben offrid of greet trespas, ben abhomynable.
English Revised Version
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!
Berean Standard Bible
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable-how much more so when brought with ill intent!
Contemporary English Version
The Lord despises the offerings of wicked people with evil motives.
American Standard Version
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!
Bible in Basic English
The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!
Complete Jewish Bible
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with vile motives.
Darby Translation
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more when they bring it with a wicked purpose!
Easy-to-Read Version
God hates sacrifices from the wicked, especially when their reason for offering them is evil.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more, when he bringeth it with the proceeds of wickedness?
King James Version (1611)
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked minde?
New Life Bible
The gift given on an altar in worship by the sinful is a hated thing. How much more when he brings it for the wrong reason!
New Revised Standard
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when brought with evil intent.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked minde?
George Lamsa Translation
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; because they bring it in an unjust way.
Good News Translation
The Lord hates it when wicked people offer him sacrifices, especially if they do it from evil motives.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sacrifice of the lawless, is an abomination, how much more, when, with wickedness, he bringeth it in!
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sacrifices of the wicked are abominable, because they are offered of wickedness.
Revised Standard Version
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhomination: howe muche more when they offer the thing that is gotten with wickednesse?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly.
Christian Standard Bible®
The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable—how much more sowhen he brings it with ulterior motives!
Hebrew Names Version
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!
King James Version
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
Lexham English Bible
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it in divisiveness!
Literal Translation
The sacrifice of the wicked is hateful, how much more when he brings it with an evil intent!
Young's Literal Translation
The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhominacion, for they offre the thinge yt is gotten wt wickednes.
THE MESSAGE
Religious performance by the wicked stinks; it's even worse when they use it to get ahead.
New American Standard Bible
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, How much more when he brings it with evil intent!
New King James Version
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; How much more when he brings it with wicked intent!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, How much more when he brings it with evil intent!
Legacy Standard Bible
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination,How much more when he brings it with a wicked scheme!

Contextual Overview

27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable and offensive [to the LORD]. How much more [unacceptable and insulting can it be] when he brings it with evil intention?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sacrifice: Proverbs 15:8, Proverbs 28:9, 1 Samuel 13:12, 1 Samuel 13:13, 1 Samuel 15:21-23, Psalms 50:8-13, Isaiah 1:11-16, Isaiah 66:3, Jeremiah 6:20, Jeremiah 7:11, Jeremiah 7:12, Amos 5:21, Amos 5:22

with a wicked mind: Heb. in wickedness, Matthew 23:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:7 - be accepted Leviticus 11:34 - General 1 Samuel 13:9 - he offered 1 Samuel 20:24 - the king 2 Samuel 15:7 - pay 2 Samuel 15:12 - while he offered Psalms 51:16 - delightest Psalms 109:7 - and let Proverbs 7:14 - I have peace offerings with me Proverbs 21:4 - and the Ecclesiastes 5:1 - give Isaiah 1:13 - incense Isaiah 43:23 - honoured Isaiah 58:4 - ye fast Jeremiah 11:15 - to do Jeremiah 14:12 - and when Ezekiel 14:3 - should Ezekiel 20:3 - As I Ezekiel 20:39 - but Hosea 5:6 - go Hosea 8:13 - but Haggai 2:14 - So is this people Malachi 2:13 - insomuch 1 Timothy 2:8 - lifting Hebrews 11:4 - a more James 1:7 - General James 4:3 - and

Cross-References

Genesis 21:22
Now at that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do;
Genesis 21:23
so now, swear to me here by God that you will not deal unfairly with me [by breaking any agreements we have] or with my son or with my descendants, but as I have treated you with kindness, you shall do the same to me and to the land in which you have sojourned (temporarily lived)."
Genesis 21:28
Then Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the flock,
Genesis 21:31
Therefore that place was called Beersheba (Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), because there the two of them swore an oath.
Genesis 31:44
"So come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me."
1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
Proverbs 17:8
A bribe is like a bright, precious stone in the eyes of its owner; Wherever he turns, he prospers.
Proverbs 18:16
A man's gift [given in love or courtesy] makes room for him And brings him before great men.
Proverbs 18:24
The man of too many friends [chosen indiscriminately] will be broken in pieces and come to ruin, But there is a [true, loving] friend who [is reliable and] sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret subdues anger, And a bribe [hidden] in the pocket, strong wrath.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination,.... That is, to the Lord, as in Proverbs 15:8; and as it is here added in the Septuagint and Arabic versions;

how much more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind? the Arabic version is, "with a mind alien from the law"; or when it is not brought according to law; when it is a corrupt thing, that which is torn, lame, or sick, or robbery for burnt sacrifice; when it is done with an evil intention, to cover sin, to atone for without repenting of it or forsaking it; that they may go on in sin with impunity, and be allowed to commit it; for which cause Balak and Balsam offered sacrifices, which is the instance Jarchi produces; and indeed every religious action not done in faith, and love, and sincerity, and with a view to the glory of God, but in hypocrisy and with selfish views, in order to procure acceptance with God and justification in his sight; setting aside the righteousness, sacrifice, and satisfaction of the son of God, is done with a wicked mind, and is an abomination to the Lord. Some render it, "even though he brings it diligently", or "with great art and skill" i; is constant at his devotion, and carries it so artfully, and with such a show of religion, as to deceive men, yet he cannot deceive the Lord.

i בזמה "solerter", De Dieu.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A lower depth even than Proverbs 15:8. The wicked man may connect his devotion with his guilt, offer his sacrifice and vow his vow (as men have done under paganism or corrupted Christianity) for success in the perpetration of a crime.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 21:27. When he bringeth it with a wicked mind? — If such a person even bring the sacrifices and offerings which God requires, they are an abomination to him, because the man is wicked; and if such offerings be imperfect in themselves, or of goods ill-gotten, or offered by constraint of custom, &c., they are doubly abominable.


 
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