Proverbs 16:5
ContextNETBible | The Lord abhors 1 every arrogant person; 2 rest assured 3 that they will not go unpunished. 4 |
XREF | Ex 20:7; Job 40:12; Pr 6:16,17; Pr 8:13; Pr 11:21; Isa 3:11; Ro 2:8,9; Jas 4:6 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “an abomination of the 2 tn Heb “every proud of heart”; NIV “all the proud of heart.” “Heart” is the genitive of specification; the phrase is talking about people who have proud hearts, whose ideas are arrogant. These are people who set themselves presumptuously against God (e.g., 2 Chr 26:16; Ps 131:1; Prov 18:12). 3 tn Heb “hand to hand.” This idiom means “you can be assured” (e.g., Prov 11:21). 4 tc The LXX has inserted two couplets here: “The beginning of a good way is to do justly, // and it is more acceptable with God than to do sacrifices; // he who seeks the tn The B-line continues the A-line, but explains what it means that they are an abomination to the |