משלי 14:9 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex אֱ֭וִלִים יָלִ֣יץ אָשָׁ֑ם וּבֵ֖ין יְשָׁרִ֣ים רָצֹֽון׃
Proverbs 14:9 (New American Standard Bible 1995)
9 Fools mock at [a]sin, But among the upright there is [b]good will.
Proverbs 14:9 (English Standard Version)
9 Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance.[a]
Proverbs 14:9 (New King James Version)
9 Fools mock at [a]sin, But among the upright there is favor.
Proverbs 14:9 (Amplified Bible)
9 Fools mock sin [but sin mocks the fools], But among the upright there is good will and the favor and blessing of God.
משלי 14:9 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex אֱ֭וִלִים יָלִ֣יץ אָשָׁ֑ם וּבֵ֖ין יְשָׁרִ֣ים רָצֹֽון׃
Here are some excerpts from the Biblehub ( https://biblehub.com/commentaries/proverbs/14-9.htm ) commentaries:
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Fools make a mock at sin,.... At sinful actions, their own or others; they make light of them, a jest of them, call evil good, and good evil; take pleasure in doing them themselves, and in those that do them; yea, sport themselves with the mischief that arises from them unto others; they make a mock at reproofs for them, and scoff at those that instruct and rebuke them; and laugh at a future state, and an awful judgment they are warned of, and in a scoffing manner say, "where is the promise of his coming?" ....more.......more.......more.......more...
"Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible" and "MacLaren's Expositions" seem to be reciprocal:
MacLaren's Expositions
.................... I. Sin mocks us by its broken promises.
The object immediately sought by any wrong act may be attained. In sins of sense, the appetite is gratified; in other sins, the desire that urged to them attains its end. But what then? The temptation lay in the imagination that, the wrong thing being done, an inward good would result, and it does not; for even if the immediate object be secured, other results, all unforeseen, force themselves on us which spoil the hoped for good. ....more.......more.......more.......more...
I'm trying to get a more elaborate understanding of what Proverbs 14:9a states about "fools" and "sin"
- "Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible" and "MacLaren's Expositions" seem to be reciprocal which is interesting. I say reciprocal because:
a) "Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible" implies that fools trivialize the consequences of indulging in sin
b) while "MacLaren's Expositions" implies that sin mocks the fools who indulge in it because ultimately at the end of the day the fools are still Unsatisfied despite indulging in sin.
Therefore, could we say that the Old Testament(OT) Hebrew uses some kind of Ancient OT Hebrew literary device that emphasizes a reciprocity relationship (which in this case would be between "fools" and "sin")?
- Is there anything more that we can elaborate when it comes to what Proverbs 14:9a says about "fools" and "sin"?