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Good News Translation
Proverbs 2:14
those who find pleasure in doing wrong and who enjoy senseless evil,
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Christian Standard Bible®
from those who enjoy doing eviland celebrate perversion,
from those who enjoy doing eviland celebrate perversion,
Hebrew Names Version
Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
King James Version
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
English Standard Version
who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil,
who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil,
New Century Version
They enjoy doing wrong and are happy to do what is crooked and evil.
They enjoy doing wrong and are happy to do what is crooked and evil.
New English Translation
who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;
who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;
Amplified Bible
Who find joy in doing evil And delight in the perversity of evil,
Who find joy in doing evil And delight in the perversity of evil,
New American Standard Bible
Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
World English Bible
Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked,
Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked,
Legacy Standard Bible
Who are glad to do evilAnd they rejoice in the perversity of evil;
Who are glad to do evilAnd they rejoice in the perversity of evil;
Berean Standard Bible
from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
Contemporary English Version
Most of all they enjoy being mean and deceitful.
Most of all they enjoy being mean and deceitful.
Complete Jewish Bible
who delight in doing evil and take joy in being stubbornly deceitful,
who delight in doing evil and take joy in being stubbornly deceitful,
Darby Translation
who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil;
who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil;
Easy-to-Read Version
They enjoy doing evil and are happy with the confusion it brings.
They enjoy doing evil and are happy with the confusion it brings.
George Lamsa Translation
Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perverseness of evil things;
Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perverseness of evil things;
Lexham English Bible
those who are happy to do evil, for they delight in the deviousness of evil,
those who are happy to do evil, for they delight in the deviousness of evil,
Literal Translation
who rejoice to do evil, they delight in the perversities of the wicked,
who rejoice to do evil, they delight in the perversities of the wicked,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
which reioyse in doynge euell, and delyte i wicked thinges:
which reioyse in doynge euell, and delyte i wicked thinges:
American Standard Version
Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
Bible in Basic English
Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;
Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
King James Version (1611)
Who reioyce to doe euill, and delight in the frowardnesse of the wicked.
Who reioyce to doe euill, and delight in the frowardnesse of the wicked.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Which reioyce in doyng naught, and delite in the wickednesse of the euyll:
Which reioyce in doyng naught, and delite in the wickednesse of the euyll:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
who rejoice in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness;
who rejoice in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness;
English Revised Version
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
whiche ben glad, whanne thei han do yuel, and maken ful out ioye in worste thingis;
whiche ben glad, whanne thei han do yuel, and maken ful out ioye in worste thingis;
Update Bible Version
Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
Webster's Bible Translation
Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
New King James Version
Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perversity of the wicked;
Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perversity of the wicked;
New Living Translation
They take pleasure in doing wrong, and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.
They take pleasure in doing wrong, and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.
New Life Bible
from the one who is happy doing wrong, and who finds joy in the way of sin.
from the one who is happy doing wrong, and who finds joy in the way of sin.
New Revised Standard
who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil;
who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Who rejoice to do wrong, exult in the perversities of the wrongful;
Who rejoice to do wrong, exult in the perversities of the wrongful;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in the most wicked things:
Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in the most wicked things:
Revised Standard Version
who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil;
who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil;
Young's Literal Translation
Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,
Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
Contextual Overview
10 You will become wise, and your knowledge will give you pleasure. 11 Your insight and understanding will protect you 12 and prevent you from doing the wrong thing. They will keep you away from people who stir up trouble by what they say— 13 those who have abandoned a righteous life to live in the darkness of sin, 14 those who find pleasure in doing wrong and who enjoy senseless evil, 15 unreliable people who cannot be trusted. 16 You will be able to resist any immoral woman who tries to seduce you with her smooth talk, 17 who is faithless to her own husband and forgets her sacred vows. 18 If you go to her house, you are traveling the road to death. To go there is to approach the world of the dead. 19 No one who visits her ever comes back. He never returns to the road to life.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
rejoice: Proverbs 10:23, Jeremiah 11:15, Habakkuk 1:15, Zephaniah 3:11, 1 Corinthians 13:6
and: Hosea 7:3, Luke 22:4, Luke 22:5, Romans 1:32
Reciprocal: Genesis 27:42 - comfort himself Proverbs 6:14 - Frowardness
Cross-References
Genesis 10:11
From that land he went to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
From that land he went to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
Genesis 10:22
Shem's sons—Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
Shem's sons—Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
Genesis 15:18
Then and there the Lord made a covenant with Abram. He said, "I promise to give your descendants all this land from the border of Egypt to the Euphrates River,
Then and there the Lord made a covenant with Abram. He said, "I promise to give your descendants all this land from the border of Egypt to the Euphrates River,
Genesis 25:18
The descendants of Ishmael lived in the territory between Havilah and Shur, to the east of Egypt on the way to Assyria. They lived apart from the other descendants of Abraham.
The descendants of Ishmael lived in the territory between Havilah and Shur, to the east of Egypt on the way to Assyria. They lived apart from the other descendants of Abraham.
Deuteronomy 1:7
Break camp and move on. Go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the surrounding regions—to the Jordan Valley, to the hill country and the lowlands, to the southern region, and to the Mediterranean coast. Go to the land of Canaan and on beyond the Lebanon Mountains as far as the great Euphrates River.
Break camp and move on. Go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the surrounding regions—to the Jordan Valley, to the hill country and the lowlands, to the southern region, and to the Mediterranean coast. Go to the land of Canaan and on beyond the Lebanon Mountains as far as the great Euphrates River.
Deuteronomy 11:24
All the ground that you march over will be yours. Your territory will extend from the desert in the south to the Lebanon Mountains in the north, and from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
All the ground that you march over will be yours. Your territory will extend from the desert in the south to the Lebanon Mountains in the north, and from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
Daniel 10:4
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month of the year I was standing on the bank of the mighty Tigris River.
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month of the year I was standing on the bank of the mighty Tigris River.
Revelation 9:14
The voice said to the sixth angel, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River!"
The voice said to the sixth angel, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River!"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Who rejoice to do evil,.... At the doing of it, or when they have done it; they are glad of an opportunity of doing mischief, and glory when they have done it; it is a sport and pastime to them,
Proverbs 10:2; they take pleasure in the act of sin, and have no remorse of conscience afterwards; they speak of it in an exulting manner, and boast of it, and glory in their shame;
[and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked: of the wicked man, as Aben Ezra and Gersom supply it; in the perversities and contradictions of every wicked man; they not only take pleasure in their own sins, but in the sins of others, and in them that commit them; which is an aggravation of their wickedness, Romans 1:32; they delight to hear a man speak froward and perverse things; things against God, and Christ, and religion, against all good men, and everything that is good; against the Gospel, the doctrines and ordinances of it; and they delight to see him do things perverse and contrary to the will of God. The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "they exult in the worst things".
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The evil-doers here include not robbers and murderers only Proverbs 1:10-16, but all who leave the straight path and the open day for crooked ways, perverse counsels, deeds of darkness. “To delight etc.” Proverbs 2:14 is the lowest depth of all.
