2:14 who delight 1 in doing 2 evil, 3
they rejoice in perverse evil; 4
1 tn The articular plural active participle functions as the second attributive adjective for אִישׁ (’ish, “man”) in v. 12b.
2 tn The Qal infinitive construct is the complementary use of the form, expressing the direct object of the participle.
3 tn Or “harm.”
4 tn Heb “the perversity of evil” (so NASB). The noun רָע (ra’, “evil”) functions as an attributed genitive which is modified by the construct noun תַהְפֻּכוֹת (tahpukhot, “perversity”) which functions as an attributive adjective.