King James Version
Proverbs 21:10 in the King James Version says “The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. findeth: Heb. is not favoured” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. findeth: Heb. is not favoured”
Proverbs 21:10 · KJV
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. a brawling: Heb. a woman of contentions a wide: Heb. an house of society
The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. findeth: Heb. is not favoured
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“findeth no favour”
H2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e., move to favor by petition)
“in his eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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