Parallel Verses

Amplified


The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable and offensive [to the Lord].
How much more [unacceptable and insulting can it be] when he brings it with evil intention?

New American Standard Bible

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination,
How much more when he brings it with evil intent!

King James Version

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

Holman Bible

The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable—
how much more so
when he brings it with ulterior motives!

International Standard Version

What the wicked person sacrifices is detestable how much more when he offers it with vile motives!

A Conservative Version

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination. How much more when he brings it with a wicked mind!

American Standard Version

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!

Bible in Basic English

The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!

Darby Translation

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more when they bring it with a wicked purpose!

Julia Smith Translation

The sacrifice of the unjust is an abomination, for also he will bring it in mischief.

King James 2000

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind?

Lexham Expanded Bible

The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination; how much more when he brings it in divisiveness!

Modern King James verseion

The sacrifice of the wicked is hateful to God; how much more when he brings it with a wicked mind?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The sacrifice of the ungodly is abomination, for they offer the thing that is gotten with wickedness.

NET Bible

The wicked person's sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!

New Heart English Bible

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind.

The Emphasized Bible

The sacrifice of the lawless, is an abomination, how much more, when, with wickedness, he bringeth it in!

Webster

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

World English Bible

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

Youngs Literal Translation

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The sacrifice
זבח 
Zebach 
Usage: 162

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

תּעבה תּועבה 
Tow`ebah 
Usage: 117


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

References

American

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

26
He craves all the day long [and does no work],
But the righteous [willingly] gives and does not withhold [what he has].
27 
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable and offensive [to the Lord].
How much more [unacceptable and insulting can it be] when he brings it with evil intention?
28
A false witness will perish,
But a man who listens to the truth will speak forever and go unchallenged.



Cross References

Proverbs 15:8


The sacrifice of the wicked is hateful and exceedingly offensive to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight!

Isaiah 66:3


“He who kills an ox [for pagan sacrifice] is [as guilty] as one who kills a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as one who breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as one who offers swine’s blood;
He who offers incense, as one who blesses an idol.
Such people have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their repulsive acts;

Jeremiah 6:20


“For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba
And the sweet cane from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable
And your sacrifices are not sweet and pleasing to Me.”

1 Samuel 13:12-13

therefore, I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked for the Lord’s favor [by making supplication to Him].’ So I forced myself to offer the burnt offering.”

1 Samuel 15:21-23

But the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things [that were] to be totally destroyed, to sacrifice to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”

Psalm 50:8-13


“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices;
Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

Proverbs 28:9


He who turns his ear away from listening to the law [of God and man],
Even his prayer is repulsive [to God].

Isaiah 1:11-16


“What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me [without your repentance]?”
Says the Lord.
“I have had enough of [your] burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of well-fed cattle [without your obedience];
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls or lambs or goats [offered without repentance].

Jeremiah 7:11-12

Has this house, which is called by My Name, become a den of robbers in your eyes [a place of retreat for you between acts of violence]? Behold, I Myself have seen it,” says the Lord.

Amos 5:21-22


“I hate, I despise and reject your [sacred] feasts,
And I do not take delight in your solemn assemblies.

Matthew 23:13

“But woe (judgment is coming) to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who are [in the process of] entering to do so.

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