29Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord ,


In Context

26 I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you-

27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

28 "Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.

29 Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord ,

30 since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,

31 they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.

Proverbs 1:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:29Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:29For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:29Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:29because they hated knowledge, and didn't choose the fear of Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:29Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: