Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Fools mock [the] guilt offering, but among the upright, it is favorable.
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.
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.
Themes
Fools » Characteristics of » Mocking at sin
Mockery » Who makes a mock at sin
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 14:9
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Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
8 The wisdom of the clever is understanding his ways, but the folly of fools is deceit. 9 Fools mock [the] guilt offering, but among the upright, it is favorable. 10 The heart knows the bitterness of its soul, but in its joy, it will not share itself with a stranger.
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Cross References
Proverbs 10:23
[It is] like a sport for a fool to do wrong, wisdom for a person of understanding.
Job 15:16
{How much less} he who is abominable and corrupt, a man drinking wickedness like water.
Job 34:7-9
What man [is] like Job, who drinks scorn like water?
Proverbs 1:22
"{How long}, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And [how long] will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:4
And you shall find favor and good sense in the eyes of God and humankind.
Proverbs 8:35
For he who finds me [is] he who finds life, and he obtains favor from Yahweh.
Proverbs 12:2
The good obtains favor from Yahweh, but anyone who schemes, he condemns.
Proverbs 13:15
Good sense grants favor, but the way of the faithless is coarse.
Proverbs 26:18-19
Like a maniac who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,
Proverbs 30:20
This is the way of a woman committing adultery: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says "I have not done wrong."
Romans 14:17-18
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Jude 1:18
for they said to you, "In the end time there will be scoffers following according to their own ungodly desires."