Proverbs 1:29

New Century Version

It is because you rejected knowledge and did not choose to respect the Lord .

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Because they hated knowledge,didn’t choose to fear the Lord,

Hebrew Names Version
Because they hated knowledge, And didn't choose the fear of the LORD.

King James Version
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord :

English Standard Version
Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord ,

New English Translation
Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the Lord ,

Amplified Bible
Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD [that is, obeying Him with reverence and awe-filled respect],

New American Standard Bible
Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD.

World English Bible
Because they hated knowledge, And didn't choose the fear of Yahweh.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Because they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the feare of the Lord.

Legacy Standard Bible
Because they hated knowledgeAnd did not choose the fear of Yahweh.

Berean Standard Bible
For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
No, you would not learn, and you refused to respect the Lord .

Complete Jewish Bible
Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of Adonai ,

Darby Translation
Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;

Easy-to-Read Version
That is because they hated knowledge. They refused to fear and respect the Lord .

George Lamsa Translation
Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the worship of the LORD.

Good News Translation
You have never had any use for knowledge and have always refused to obey the Lord .

Lexham English Bible
Since they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Yahweh,

Literal Translation
Instead they hated knowledge and chose not the fear of Jehovah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And yt because they hated knowlege, and receaued not ye feare of ye LORDE,

American Standard Version
For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,

Bible in Basic English
For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD;

King James Version (1611)
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lord.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord:

English Revised Version
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For thei hatiden teching, and thei token not the drede of the Lord,

Update Bible Version
For they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Yahweh:

Webster's Bible Translation
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

New King James Version
Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD,

New Living Translation
For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the Lord .

New Life Bible
Because they hated much learning, and did not choose the fear of the Lord.

New Revised Standard
Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord ,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Because they hated knowledge, and, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,

Revised Standard Version
Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,

Young's Literal Translation
Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.

THE MESSAGE
"Because you hated Knowledge and had nothing to do with the Fear-of- God, Because you wouldn't take my advice and brushed aside all my offers to train you, Well, you've made your bed—now lie in it; you wanted your own way—now, how do you like it? Don't you see what happens, you simpletons, you idiots? Carelessness kills; complacency is murder. First pay attention to me, and then relax. Now you can take it easy—you're in good hands."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

²⁰ Wisdom is like a woman shouting in the street; she raises her voice in the city squares. ²¹ She cries out in the noisy street and shouts at the city gates: ²² "You fools, how long will you be foolish? How long will you make fun of wisdom and hate knowledge? ²³ If only you had listened when I corrected you, I would have told you what's in my heart; I would have told you what I am thinking. ²⁴ I called, but you refused to listen; I held out my hand, but you paid no attention. ²⁵ You did not follow my advice and did not listen when I corrected you. ²⁶ So I will laugh when you are in trouble. I will make fun when disaster strikes you, ²⁷ when disaster comes over you like a storm, when trouble strikes you like a whirlwind, when pain and trouble overwhelm you. ²⁸ "Then you will call to me, but I will not answer. You will look for me, but you will not find me. ²⁹ It is because you rejected knowledge and did not choose to respect the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that: Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 5:12, Proverbs 6:23, Job 21:14, Job 21:15, Psalms 50:16, Psalms 50:17, Isaiah 27:11, Isaiah 30:9-12, John 3:20, Acts 7:51-54

not: Luke 10:42, Hebrews 11:25

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 30:19 - choose life Judges 9:7 - Hearken 1 Chronicles 21:10 - choose 2 Chronicles 13:5 - Ought ye not Nehemiah 1:11 - who desire Job 33:14 - perceiveth Job 34:27 - would Psalms 82:5 - know not Psalms 119:30 - chosen Psalms 119:173 - for Proverbs 1:7 - but Proverbs 10:21 - fools Isaiah 28:9 - shall he teach Isaiah 65:12 - and did Jeremiah 9:6 - refuse Luke 8:12 - by John 1:5 - General John 8:32 - ye shall John 9:31 - we know Romans 1:28 - as they did Romans 3:11 - none that understandeth

Cross-References

Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the sky to separate day from night. These lights will be used for signs, seasons, days, and years.

Genesis 1:15
They will be in the sky to give light to the earth." And it happened.

Genesis 1:16
So God made the two large lights. He made the brighter light to rule the day and made the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars.

Genesis 1:24
Then God said, "Let the earth be filled with animals, each producing more of its own kind. Let there be tame animals and small crawling animals and wild animals, and let each produce more of its kind." And it happened.

Genesis 1:25
So God made the wild animals, the tame animals, and all the small crawling animals to produce more of their own kind. God saw that this was good.

Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make human beings in our image and likeness. And let them rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the tame animals, over all the earth, and over all the small crawling animals on the earth."

Genesis 1:27
So God created human beings in his image. In the image of God he created them. He created them male and female.

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said, "Have many children and grow in number. Fill the earth and be its master. Rule over the fish in the sea and over the birds in the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

Genesis 2:16
The Lord God commanded him, "You may eat the fruit from any tree in the garden,

Genesis 9:3
"Everything that moves, everything that is alive, is yours for food. Earlier I gave you the green plants, but now I give you everything for food.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For that they hated knowledge,.... Spiritual and evangelical; the knowledge of the Scriptures, of the promises and prophecies of them respecting the Messiah, though they were called upon and exhorted to "search" them; the knowledge of the Messiah, his person, offices, and grace; the knowledge of his Gospel, and the doctrines of it; see Proverbs 1:22;

and did not choose the fear of the Lord; which is the beginning of knowledge, Proverbs 1:7; instead of choosing, they cast off the fear of the Lord; and by their rejection of the Messiah, and their usage of him, it plainly appeared that the fear of God was not before their eyes nor upon their hearts; nor did they choose or care for the pure, spiritual, and evangelical worship of God, introduced in the Gospel dispensation; the ordinances of Christ they did not choose to submit to; and would neither go into he kingdom of God or Gospel church state themselves, nor suffer those that were entering to go in, Matthew 23:13; but rather chose their superstition and will worship, according to the tradition of the elders, by which they made the word and worship of God of none effect.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This is no arbitrary sentence. The fault was all along their own. The fruit of their own ways is death.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 1:29. They hated knowledge — This argues the deepest degree of intellectual and moral depravity.