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- Proverbs
- Chapter 14
- Verse 9
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Commentary
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Fools make a mock at sin,.... At sinful actions, their own or others; they make light of them, a jest of them, call evil…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Fools make a mock - The verb in the Heb. is singular, the noun plural. The King James Version assumes that the number is…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
See here, 1. How wicked people are hardened in their wickedness: they make a mock at sin. They make a laughing matter of…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
sin Rather, guilt, R.V. If this rendering be adopted, the Heb. construction (a sing. verb with a plur. noun, lit. fools,…
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