Text -- Proverbs 24:9 (NET)

24:9 A foolish scheme is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to people.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 24:9

¹ tn Heb “the scheme of folly” (NIV similar). The genitive functions as an attributive genitive, meaning “foolish scheme.” But it could also be interpreted as a genitive of source, the scheme that comes from folly (or from the fool if “folly” were metonymical).

² tn Heb “to a man”; cf. CEV “Everyone hates senseless fools.”

sn This describes evil people who flout all morality and goodness; sooner or later the public will have had enough of them.