The Meaning of Proverbs 29:27 Explained

Proverbs 29:27

KJV: An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

YLT: An abomination to the righteous is the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked is the upright in the way!

Darby: An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; and he that is of upright way is an abomination to the wicked man.

ASV: An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

An unjust  man  [is] an abomination  to the just:  and [he that is] upright  in the way  [is] abomination  to the wicked. 

What does Proverbs 29:27 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 29

1  observations of public government
15  and of private
22  Of anger, pride, thievery, cowardice and corruption

What do the individual words in Proverbs 29:27 mean?

An abomination to the righteous An man [is] unjust and an abomination to the wicked [he who is] upright [is] in the way -
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת צַ֭דִּיקִים אִ֣ישׁ עָ֑וֶל וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת רָשָׁ֣ע יְשַׁר־ דָּֽרֶךְ פ

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת  An  abomination 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תֹּועֵבָה  
Sense: a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable.
צַ֭דִּיקִים  to  the  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
אִ֣ישׁ  An  man  [is] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
עָ֑וֶל  unjust 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עָוֶל 
Sense: injustice, unrighteousness, wrong.
וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת  and  an  abomination 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תֹּועֵבָה  
Sense: a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable.
רָשָׁ֣ע  to  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
יְשַׁר־  [he  who  is]  upright  [is] 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular construct
Root: יָשָׁר 
Sense: straight, upright, correct, right.
דָּֽרֶךְ  in  the  way 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation