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


In Context

26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you;

27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you.

28 Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

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

30 They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.

31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:29Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear 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 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: