A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but (as for) the upright, he directeth his way. "A wicked man hardeneth his face" against admonition, so as to persevere in he wrong way; "but the upright," if he be betrayed into an error, hardens not his face against monition, but blushes with shame and sorrow, and so "he directeth his" course in the right way." The Qeri' (margin) reads, 'considereth х yaabiyn (H995)] his way.' The Kethibh (text) reads, х yaakiyn (H3559)] 'directeth his ways:' this is the better reading. The wicked is not to be shamed out of his wickedness. He pertinaciously and unblushingly adheres to it (Proverbs 7:13, margin; Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 5:3).