Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

For that 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.

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 they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not. 29 Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen. 30 They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,


Cross References

Proverbs 1:22

'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

Job 21:14-15

And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.

Psalm 50:16-17

And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?

Proverbs 5:12

And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

Proverbs 6:23

For a lamp is the command, And the law a light, And a way of life are reproofs of instruction,

Isaiah 27:11

In the withering of its branch it is broken off, Women are coming in setting it on fire, For it is not a people of understanding, Therefore pity it not doth its Maker, And its Former doth not favour it.

Isaiah 30:9-12

That a rebellious people is this, sons -- liars, Sons not willing to hear the law of Jehovah.

Luke 10:42

but of one thing there is need, and Mary the good part did choose, that shall not be taken away from her.'

John 3:20

for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

Acts 7:51-54

Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers -- also ye;

Hebrews 11:25

having chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin's pleasure for a season,

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