Proverbs 18:3
New English Translation
3 When a wicked person[a] arrives, contempt[b] shows up with him,[c]
and with shame comes[d] a reproach.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:3 tc The MT has “a wicked [person].” Many commentators emend the text to רֶשַׁע (reshaʿ, “wickedness”) which makes better parallelism with “shame” (W. McKane, Proverbs [OTL], 521; R. B. Y. Scott, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes [AB], 112; C. H. Toy, Proverbs [ICC], 355; cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV). However, there is no external evidence for this emendation.
- Proverbs 18:3 sn “Contempt” (בּוּז, buz) accompanies the wicked; “reproach” (חֶרְפָּה, kherpah) goes with shame. This reproach either further characterizes the behaviors expected of the wicked or possibly the critical rebukes and taunts of the community against a wicked person.
- Proverbs 18:3 tn Heb “contempt also comes/has come.” The verb form בָּא (baʾ) may either be a perfect verb “has come” (cf. Prov 11:2) or a participle “comes.”
- Proverbs 18:3 tn The term “comes” does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness.
Proverbs 18:3
English Standard Version
3 When wickedness comes, contempt comes also,
and with dishonor comes disgrace.
Proverbs 18:3
New International Version
3 When wickedness comes, so does contempt,
and with shame comes reproach.
Proverbs 18:3
King James Version
3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
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