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27 An abomination to a righteous man is a villanous man;
And an abomination to the godless is he who walketh uprightly.
In all the other proverbs which begin with תוֹעֲבַת, e.g., Pro 11:20, יהוה follows as genit., here צַדִּיקִים, whose judgment is like that of God. אִישׁ עָוֶל is an abhorrence to them, not as a man, but just as of such a character; עָוֶל is the direct contrast to ישֶׁר. The righteous sees in the villanous man, who boldly does that which is opposed to morality and to honour, an adversary of his God; on the other hand, the godless sees in the man that walketh uprightly (יְשַׁר־דָּרֶךְ, as at Psa 37:14) his adversary, and the condemnation of himself.
With this doubled ת the Book of Proverbs, prepared by the men of Hezekiah, comes to an end. It closes, in accordance with its intention announced at the beginning, with a proverb concerning the king, and a proverb of the great moral contrasts which are found in all circles of society up to the very throne itself.