Proverbs Chapter 24 verse 24 Holy Bible
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him:
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He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.
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He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;
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He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
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He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;" Peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him--
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Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou `art' righteous,' Peoples execrate him -- nations abhor him.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous. The judge is supposed to be acquitting a guilty person. Him shall the people curse. The Hebrew is "peoples," as Septuagint and Vulgate, maledicient eis populi. Nations shall abhor him. Not individuals, nor families only, but the whole community, wherever such an iniquitous ruler is found, shall execrate and hate him. The voice of the people is universally against him; no one is so blind and degraded as openly to applaud his nets. The verb nakab, "to curse," means primarily "to bore or pierce;" hence some have translated it here, "him shall the peoples stab." But the word is used in the sense of distinguishing by a mark or brand, and thence passes into the sense of cursing, as at Proverbs 11:26; Leviticus 24:11; Job 3:8. In Proverbs 17:15 the unjust judge is called an abomination to the Lord. In this case the vox populi is vox Dei.
