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the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Proverbs 21:29

A wicked man puts on a bold face, But as for the upright, he considers, directs, and establishes his way [with the confidence of integrity].

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Holiness;   Impenitence;   Thompson Chain Reference - Beauty-Disfigurement;   Impress of Sin;   Sin;   The Topic Concordance - Uprightness;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Uprightness;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Face;   Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Face;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Hardeneth;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Face;   Hard;   Harden;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - 'Azzut Panim;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
A wicked man displays a brazen face,But as for the upright, he establishes his way.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A wicked man displays a bold face, But as for the upright, he makes his way sure.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
An vngodly man hardeneth his face: but the iust refourmeth his owne way.
Darby Translation
A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he establisheth his way.
New King James Version
A wicked man hardens his face,But as for the upright, he establishes [fn] his way.
Literal Translation
A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright establishes his way.
Easy-to-Read Version
Good people know they are right, but the wicked have to pretend.
World English Bible
A wicked man hardens his face; But as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
King James Version (1611)
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the vpright, he directeth his way.
King James Version
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
An vngodly man goeth forth rashly, but the iust refourmeth his owne waye.
THE MESSAGE
Unscrupulous people fake it a lot; honest people are sure of their steps.
American Standard Version
A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.
Bible in Basic English
The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.
Update Bible Version
A wicked man hardens his face; But as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
Webster's Bible Translation
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but [as for] the upright, he directeth his way.
New English Translation
A wicked person shows boldness with his face, but as for the upright, he discerns his ways.
Contemporary English Version
Wicked people bluff their way, but God's people think before they take a step.
Complete Jewish Bible
A wicked man puts on a bold face, whereas the upright prepares his ways.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but the iust, he will direct his way.
George Lamsa Translation
The face of a wicked man is shameless; but he who is upright amends his ways.
Hebrew Names Version
A wicked man hardens his face; But as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he looketh well to his way.
New Living Translation
The wicked bluff their way through, but the virtuous think before they act.
New Life Bible
A sinful man's face shows he is pretending, but a good man is sure of himself.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
An ungodly man impudently withstands with his face; but the upright man himself understands his ways.
English Revised Version
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he ordereth his ways.
Berean Standard Bible
A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.
New Revised Standard
The wicked put on a bold face, but the upright give thought to their ways.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A lawless man emboldeneth his face, but, as for the upright, he, directeth his ways.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The wicked man impudently hardeneth his face: but he that is righteous, correcteth his way.
Lexham English Bible
A wicked man is strong in his countenance, but the upright will appoint his paths.
English Standard Version
A wicked man puts on a bold face, but the upright gives thought to his ways.
New American Standard Bible
A wicked person displays a bold face, But as for the upright, he makes his way sure.
New Century Version
Wicked people are stubborn, but good people think carefully about what they do.
Good News Translation
Righteous people are sure of themselves; the wicked have to pretend as best they can.
Christian Standard Bible®
A wicked man puts on a bold face, but the upright man considers his way.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A wickid man makith sad his cheer vnschamefastli; but he that is riytful, amendith his weie.
Revised Standard Version
A wicked man puts on a bold face, but an upright man considers his ways.
Young's Literal Translation
A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright -- he prepareth his way.

Contextual Overview

29A wicked man puts on a bold face, But as for the upright, he considers, directs, and establishes his way [with the confidence of integrity].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

hardeneth: Proverbs 28:14, Proverbs 29:1, Jeremiah 3:2, Jeremiah 3:3, Jeremiah 5:3, Jeremiah 8:12, Jeremiah 44:16, Jeremiah 44:17

he directeth: or, he considereth, Proverbs 11:5, Psalms 119:59, Ezekiel 18:28, Haggai 1:5, Haggai 1:7, Haggai 2:15, Haggai 2:18, Haggai 2:19, Luke 15:17, Luke 15:18, 1 Thessalonians 3:11

Reciprocal: Proverbs 11:20 - upright Jeremiah 36:25 - but Ezekiel 2:4 - impudent

Cross-References

Genesis 33:8
Esau asked, "What do you mean by all this company which I have met?" And he answered, "[These are] to find favor in the sight of my lord."
Exodus 12:26
"When your children say to you, 'What does this service mean to you?'
1 Samuel 15:14
But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A wicked man hardeneth his face,.... Against all corrections and reproofs of parents, masters, ministers, and others; he blushes not at sins committed, and is not ashamed of them, but glories in them: or, he "strengthens with his face" l; he puts an impudent face upon his words, and confirms them by his impudence; if he tells the most notorious lies, and says things the most shameful and scandalous, his countenance does not alter, by which he would be thought to have spoken what is right and true;

but [as for] the upright, he directeth his way; or "his ways" m; according to the various reading; the man that is upright in heart, and walks uprightly, he directs his way according to the word of God; and, if he does amiss, when sensible he is ashamed of it, and amends.

l העז בפניו "roborat vultu suo", Baynus; "in faciebus suis", Montanus. m דרכיו τα οδους αυτου, Sept. "vias suas", Baynus, Tigurine version, Mercerus, Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Directeth - i. e., Makes straight and firm. On one side it is the callousness of guilt; on the other side it is the confidence of integrity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 21:29. He directeth his way — Instead of יכין yachin, he directeth, upwards of fifty of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., several ancient editions with some of the versions, read יבין yabin, he understands; and because he understands his way, he is able to direct himself in walking in it.


 
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