Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.
New American Standard Bible
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
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!
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?
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!
Interlinear
References
American
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
26 All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not. 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it. 28 A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Isaiah 66:3
Whoso slaughtereth the ox smiteth a man, Whoso sacrificeth the lamb beheadeth a dog, Whoso is bringing up a present -- The blood of a sow, Whoso is making mention of frankincense, Is blessing iniquity. Yea, they have fixed on their own ways, And in their abominations their soul hath delighted.
Jeremiah 6:20
Why is this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings are not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.
1 Samuel 13:12-13
and I say, Now do the Philistines come down unto me to Gilgal, and the face of Jehovah I have not appeased; and I force myself, and cause the burnt-offering to ascend.'
1 Samuel 15:21-23
and the people taketh of the spoil of the flock and herd, the first part of the devoted thing, for sacrifice to Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.'
Psalm 50:8-13
Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings Are before Me continually.
Proverbs 28:9
Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
Isaiah 1:11-16
Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated with burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired.
Jeremiah 7:11-12
A den of burglars hath this house, On which My name is called, been in your eyes? Even I, lo, I have seen, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Amos 5:21-22
I have hated -- I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.
Matthew 23:13
'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.