Proverbs 29:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. And he that is upright in the way - "But as for those that be in the right waye, the wicked hate them." - Coverdale.

To this verse the Vulgate adds the following: Verbum custodiens filius extra perditionem erit; "The son that keeps the word shall not fall into perdition." This is not in all copies of the Vulgate: but it was in that from which my old MS. Bible was made, where it is thus translated: The sone keping the worde schal ben out of perdicyon. I believe verbum here is intended for the Divine word; the revelation from God.

Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].

Proverbs 29:27

27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.