לֹא אָב֥וּ לַעֲצָתִ֑י נָ֝אֲצ֗וּ כָּל תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי
They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
World English Bible · Public Domain
Proverbs 1:30
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Proverbs 1:30 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
English Translation
They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.
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Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
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King James Version Public Domain
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
they did not want my counsel, and they despised my every rebuke.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
Show all 18 translations
Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
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King James Version Public Domain
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
They would none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof:
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
They would none of my counsell, but despised all my correction.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
They have not consented to my counsel, || They have despised all my reproof,
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
they would not follow my instruction, and they despised all my correction.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
they did not want my counsel, and they despised my every rebuke.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
They're not willing to accept my advice; they despise all my warnings.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof.
Literal Standard Version (2020), Covenant Press — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). Unlocked Literal Bible (unfoldingWord) — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult). Free Bible Version, Dr. Jonathan Gallagher — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org).
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נָ֝אֲצ֗וּ
nâʼats
H5006
“to despise”
Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural
- Appears 25× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears at Numbers 14:11
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Stem
- Qal
- Form
- Perfect
- Person
- 3rd Person
- Gender
- Common
- Number
- Plural
Full BDB Definition
to spurn, contemn, despise, abhor
- (Qal) to spurn, contemn
- (Piel)
- to spurn
- to cause to contemn
- (Hiphil) to spurn
- (Hithpolel) to be contemned
- לֹא lôʼ H3808 “not” Particle, Negative
- אָב֥וּ ʼâbâh H14 “to be willing” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural
- לַעֲצָתִ֑י ʻêtsâh H6098 “to/for · counsel · my” Preposition + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 1st Person, Common, Singular
- נָ֝אֲצ֗וּ nâʼats H5006 “to despise” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural
- כָּל kôl H3605 “all of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
- תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי tôwkêchâh H8433 “rebuke · my” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 1st Person, Common, Singular
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 6
- words
- 6
- distinct lemmas
- Wisdom
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is נָ֝אֲצ֗וּ to despise H5006 — appearing just 25 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
נָ֝אֲצ֗וּ to despise H5006 occurs in 24 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 2 verbs
- 3 nouns
- 1 particle
Verb forms
- אָב֥וּ Qal · Perfect
- נָ֝אֲצ֗וּ Qal · Perfect
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 11 words from the Hebrew and 11 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
In the original languages it is 6 Hebrew tokens and 9 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.
Cross-references
6Topical passages linked to Proverbs 1:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Psalms 81:11 But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.
- Proverbs 1:25 But you have ignored all my counsel, And wanted none of my reproof;
- Jeremiah 8:9 The wise men are disappointed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of Yahweh; and what manner of wisdom is in them?
- Luke 14:18–20 They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'
- Psalms 119:173 Let your hand be ready to help me, For I have chosen your precepts.
- Psalms 119:111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, For they are the joy of my heart.
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
οὐδέ ἐθέλω ἐμός προςἔχω βουλή μυκτηρίζω δέ ἐμός ἔλεγχος
neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
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Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Proverbs, in the Wisdom, opens this verse with 6 words (6 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is nâʼats (“to despise”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- How does “to despise” (nâʼats) shape what this verse is saying?
- How does Numbers 14:11, which shares the word «to despise», read alongside this verse?
- The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
- «אָב֥וּ» is a Qal Perfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
- Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- This verse counts 6 Hebrew ↔ 9 Greek words.
- These translations choose different wording for 9 words in this verse.
- 6 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 6 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Proverbs 1:30 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.