Proverbs 3:32

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

For the fraudulent is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

American King James Version (AKJV)

For the fraudulent is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

American Standard Version (ASV)

For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

Webster's Revision

For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

World English Bible

For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.

English Revised Version (ERV)

For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the upright.

Definitions for Proverbs 3:32

Froward - Perverse; deceitful; false.

Clarke's Proverbs 3:32 Bible Commentary

But his secret - סודו sodo, his secret assembly; godly people meet there, and God dwells there.

Barnes's Proverbs 3:32 Bible Commentary

The true nature of such success. That which people admire is an abomination to Yahweh. His "secret," i. e., His close, intimate communion as of "friend with friend," is with the righteous.

Wesley's Proverbs 3:32 Bible Commentary

3:32 Abomination - Therefore sooner or later he must be miserable.The righteous - They are God's friends, to whom he imparts the favours and comforts to which other men are strangers.