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Proverbs 21:4
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KJ21
A haughty look and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, are sin.
ASV
A high look, and a proud heart, Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
AMP
Haughty and arrogant eyes and a proud heart, The lamp of the wicked [their self-centered pride], is sin [in the eyes of God].
AMPC
Haughtiness of eyes and a proud heart, even the tillage of the wicked or the lamp [of joy] to them [whatever it may be], are sin [in the eyes of God].
BRG
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
CSB
The lamp that guides the wicked— haughty eyes and an arrogant heart—is sin.
CSBA
The lamp that guides the wicked – haughty eyes and an arrogant heart – is sin.
CEB
Prideful eyes, an arrogant heart, and the lamp of the wicked are all sinful.
CJB
Haughty looks, a proud heart — what the wicked plow is sin.
CEV
Evil people are proud and arrogant, but sin is the only crop they produce.
DARBY
Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
DRA
Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin.
ERV
Proud looks and proud thoughts are sins. They show a person is evil.
EASY
Wicked people are proud and they boast. Sin is their guide through life.
EHV
Haughty eyes and an arrogant heart, the unplowed field of the wicked, produce sin.
ESV
Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
ESVUK
Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
EXB
Proud ·looks [L eyes], ·proud thoughts [L arrogant heart], ·and evil actions [L the lamp/or tillage of the wicked] are sin [Ps. 131:1].
GNV
A haughty look, and a proud heart which is the light of the wicked, is sin.
GW
A conceited look and an arrogant attitude, which are the lamps of wicked people, are sins.
GNT
Wicked people are controlled by their conceit and arrogance, and this is sinful.
HCSB
The lamp that guides the wicked— haughty eyes and an arrogant heart—is sin.
ICB
Proud looks, proud thoughts and evil actions are sin.
ISV
A proud attitude, accompanied by a haughty look, is sin; they reveal wicked people.
JUB
¶ A high look and a proud heart, which is the fire of the wicked, is sin.
KJV
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
AKJV
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
LSB
Haughty eyes and a proud heart— The fallow ground of the wicked—are sin.
LEB
Haughtiness of the eyes and pride of heart, the lamp of the wicked are sin.
TLB
Pride, lust, and evil actions are all sin.
MSG
Arrogance and pride—distinguishing marks in the wicked— are just plain sin.
MEV
A high look, a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked are sin.
NOG
A conceited look and an arrogant attitude, which are the lamps of wicked people, are sins.
NABRE
Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked will fail.
NASB
Haughty eyes and a proud heart, The lamp of the wicked, is sin.
NASB1995
Haughty eyes and a proud heart, The lamp of the wicked, is sin.
NCB
Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked—are nothing but sin.
NCV
Proud looks, proud thoughts, and evil actions are sin.
NET
Haughty eyes and a proud heart— what the wicked cultivate is sin.
NIRV
The proud eyes and hearts of sinful people are like a field not plowed. Those things produce nothing good.
NIV
Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.
NIVUK
Haughty eyes and a proud heart – the unploughed field of the wicked – produce sin.
NKJV
A haughty look, a proud heart, And the plowing of the wicked are sin.
NLV
Eyes lifted high and a proud heart is sin and is the lamp of the sinful.
NLT
Haughty eyes, a proud heart, and evil actions are all sin.
NRSVA
Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked—are sin.
NRSVACE
Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked—are sin.
NRSVCE
Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked—are sin.
NRSVUE
Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked—are sin.
OJB
A high and haughty eye, and a proud lev—ner resha’im (the lamp of the wicked ones)—are chattat (sin).
RGT
A haughty look and a proud heart (the light of the wicked) is sin.
RSV
Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
RSVCE
Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
TLV
Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked is sin.
VOICE
The lamp of the wicked lights his way; a proud look, an arrogant heart—all sin.
WEB
A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
WYC
Enhancing of eyes is [the] alarging of the heart; the lantern of wicked men is sin. (The raising up of the eyes, and the enlarging of the heart; such sins be the lantern of the wicked.)
YLT
Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, Tillage of the wicked [is] sin.
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