Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Holman Bible
but there is goodwill among the upright.
International Standard Version
Fools make fun of guilt, but among the upright there are good intentions.
A Conservative Version
Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.
American Standard Version
A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.
Amplified
Fools mock sin [but sin mocks the fools],
But among the upright there is good will and the favor and blessing of God.
Bible in Basic English
In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.
Darby Translation
Fools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour.
Julia Smith Translation
The foolish will mock at guilt: and between the upright acceptance.
King James 2000
Fools make a mockery of sin: but among the righteous there is favor.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Fools mock [the] guilt offering, but among the upright, it is favorable.
Modern King James verseion
Fools laugh at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Fools make but a sport of sin; but there is favourable love among the righteous.
NET Bible
Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor.
New Heart English Bible
Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.
The Emphasized Bible
the foolish, scoff at guilt, but, between the upright, is good pleasure.
Webster
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.
World English Bible
Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.
Themes
Fools » Characteristics of » Mocking at sin
Mockery » Who makes a mock at sin
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 14:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit. 9 Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing. 10 The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.
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Cross References
Proverbs 10:23
To execute inventions is as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.
Job 15:16
Also -- surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
Job 34:7-9
Who is a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,
Proverbs 1:22
'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:4
And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
Proverbs 8:35
For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
Proverbs 12:2
The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
Proverbs 13:15
Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous is hard.
Proverbs 26:18-19
As one pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,
Proverbs 30:20
So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, 'I have not done iniquity.'
Romans 14:17-18
for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
Jude 1:18
that they said to you, that in the last time there shall be scoffers, after their own desires of impieties going on,