The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 20:23

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

This is a repetition, with a slight variation, of Proverbs 20:10 and Proverbs 11:1 (where see notes). Is not good. A litotes, equivalent to "is very evil," answering to "abomination" in the first member.

Septuagint, "is not good before him" (comp. Proverbs 24:23).

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