Skip to main content

Proverbs 29:10

The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

KJV

Viri sanguinum oderunt simplicem ; justi autem quærunt animam ejus.

Vulgate

ἄνδρες αἱμάτων μέτοχοι μισοῦσιν ὅσιον, οἱ δὲ εὐθεῖς ἐκζητήσουσιν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ.

LXX

The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect; And as for the upright, they seek his life.

ASV

אַנְשֵׁ֣י דָ֭מִים יִשְׂנְאוּ תָ֑ם וִֽ֝/ישָׁרִ֗ים יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ נַפְשֽׁ/וֹ

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
י
y
noun · 752×
י
y
verb · 148×
יָּשָׁ֖ר
yshr
adjective · 114×
תָּ֧ם
tm
adjective · 14×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 3:12 — Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
  • 1John 3:12 — Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
  • Gen 4:5 — But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
  • John 15:18 — If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
  • Matt 14:8 — And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.
  • Prov 29:27 — An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
  • Ps 37:14 — The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.