Proverbs 14:9
WEB
Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.
BSB
Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
KJV
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H191
a-m — silly
Derivation: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse);
(figuratively) silly
KJV: fool(-ish) (man).
adj — foolish
אֱוִיל 26 adj. foolish
H3887
v — make mouths at, scoff, interpret, intercede
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
KJV: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
vb — scorn
[לִיץ] vb. scorn
Qal scorn
Hiph.
1. deride
2. Pt. interpreter
Po‛lel scorners
Hithp. act as a scorner, shew oneself a mocker
H817
n-m — guilt, fault, sin-offering
Derivation: from 816;
guilt; by implication, a fault; also a sin-offering
KJV: guiltiness, (offering for) sin, trespass (offering).
n.m — offence
אָשָׁם n.m. offence, guilt
1. offence, trespass, fault
2. guilt
3. compensation (or satisfaction for injury)
4. trespass-offering
H996
prep — between, either, or
Derivation: (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from 995; a distinction; but used only as a preposition,
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
KJV: among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), + from (the widest), × in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
subst — interval
בַּ֫יִן subst. prop. interval, space between
1. always (exc. dual) as prep. in the interval of, between
2. Dual בֵּנַ֫יִם space between two armies
H3477
a — straight
Derivation: from 3474;
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
adj — straight
יָשָׁר adj. straight, right
1. straight, level
2. right, pleasing
3. straightforward, just, upright
4. abstr., uprightness
H7522
n-m — delight
Derivation: or רָצֹן; from 7521;
delight (especially as shown)
KJV: (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
n.[m.] — goodwill
רָצוֹן n.[m.] goodwill, favour, acceptance, will
1. goodwill, favour
2. acceptance, of persons, offering sacrifice
3. will, desire, pleasure
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Verse 9
Proverbs 14:9
See here, 1. How wicked people are hardened in their wickedness: they make a mock at sin. They make a laughing matter of the sins of others, making themselves and their companions merry with that for which they should mourn, and they make a light matter of their own sins, both when they are tempted to sin and when they have committed it; they call evil good and good evil (Isa 5:20), turn it off with a jest, rush into sin (Jer 8:6) and say they shall have peace though they go on. They care not what mischief they do by their sins, and laugh at those that tell them of it. They are advocates for sin, and are ingenious at framing excuses for it. Fools make a mock at the sin-offering (so some); those that make light of sin make light of Christ. Those are fools that make light of sin, for they make light of that which God complains of (Amo 2:13), which lay heavily upon Christ, and which they themselves will have other thoughts of shortly. 2. How good people are encouraged in their goodness: Among the righteous there is favour; if they in any thing offend, they presently repent and obtain the favour of God. They have a goodwill one to another; and among them, in their societies, there is mutual charity and compassion in cases of offences, and no mocking.
Cross-references: Isa 5:20 · Jer 8:6 · Amos 2:13