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.