Proverbs 2:15
15 whose paths ▼
▼tn The noun in this relative clause is an accusative of specification: The evil people are twisted with respect to their paths/conduct.
are morally crooked ▼▼tn Heb “crooked.” The adjective עִקֵּשׁ (ʿiqqesh, “crooked; twisted”) uses the morphological pattern of adjectives that depict permanent bodily defects, e.g., blindness, lameness. Their actions are morally defective and, apart from repentance, are permanently crooked and twisted.
and who are devious ▼ in their ways,
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