The Meaning of Proverbs 14:9 Explained

Proverbs 14:9

KJV: Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

YLT: Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.

Darby: Fools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour.

ASV: A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Fools  make a mock  at sin:  but among the righteous  [there is] favour. 

What does Proverbs 14:9 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 14

1  A wise woman builds her house

What do the individual words in Proverbs 14:9 mean?

Fools mock at sin but among the upright [there is] favor
אֱ֭וִלִים יָלִ֣יץ אָשָׁ֑ם וּבֵ֖ין יְשָׁרִ֣ים רָצֽוֹן

אֱ֭וִלִים  Fools 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱוִיל  
Sense: be foolish, foolish.
יָלִ֣יץ  mock 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: לִיץ 
Sense: to scorn, make mouths at, talk arrogantly.
אָשָׁ֑ם  at  sin 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָשָׁם  
Sense: guilt, offense, guiltiness.
וּבֵ֖ין  but  among 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
יְשָׁרִ֣ים  the  upright 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: יָשָׁר 
Sense: straight, upright, correct, right.
רָצֽוֹן  [there  is]  favor 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: רָצֹון  
Sense: pleasure, delight, favour, goodwill, acceptance, will.