Proverbs 21:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

And. Omit this "And".

plowing: or tillage. See App-74.

the wicked. lawless ones. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.

sin. Hebrew. chata'. App-44. The special word for the sin offering. Render the verse "A lofty look and. proud heart, [which is] the tillage of the lawless, [is more acceptable to them than] the sin offering. "This supply of the Ellipsis (App-6.) from the preceding verse completes the sense, and shows that the two are strictly related.

Proverbs 21:4

4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.