12:22 The Lord 1 abhors a person who lies, 2
but those who deal truthfully 3 are his delight. 4
1 tn Heb “an abomination of the
2 tn Heb “lips of lying.” The genitive שָׁקֶר (shaqer, “lying”) functions as an attributive genitive: “lying lips.” The term “lips” functions as a synecdoche of part (= lips) for the whole (= person): “a liar.”
3 tn Heb “but doers of truthfulness.” The term “truthfulness” is an objective genitive, meaning: “those who practice truth” or “those who act in good faith.” Their words and works are reliable.
4 sn The contrast between “delight/pleasure” and “abomination” is emphatic. What pleases the