Parallel Verses

King James Version

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

New American Standard Bible

Because they hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the Lord.

Holman Bible

Because they hated knowledge,
didn’t choose to fear the Lord,

International Standard Version

"Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD;

A Conservative Version

because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD.

American Standard Version

For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:

Amplified


Because they hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the Lord [that is, obeying Him with reverence and awe-filled respect],

Bible in Basic English

For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

Darby Translation

Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;

Julia Smith Translation

For that they hated knowledge, and chose not the fear of Jehovah:

King James 2000

Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Since they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Yahweh,

Modern King James verseion

instead they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of Jehovah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And that because they hated knowledge, and received not the fear of the LORD,

NET Bible

Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the Lord,

New Heart English Bible

because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD.

The Emphasized Bible

Because they hated knowledge, and, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose;

Webster

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

World English Bible

because they hated knowledge, and didn't choose the fear of Yahweh.

Youngs Literal Translation

Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂנא 
Sane' 
Usage: 145

דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

and did not choose
בּחר 
Bachar 
Usage: 169

the fear
יראה 
Yir'ah 
Usage: 45

References

Fausets

Context Readings

The Call Of Lady Wisdom

28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:22

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Job 21:14-15

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Psalm 50:16-17

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

Proverbs 5:12

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Isaiah 27:11

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

Isaiah 30:9-12

That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:

Luke 10:42

But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

John 3:20

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

Acts 7:51-54

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

Hebrews 11:25

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

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