24 The proud and arrogant person-"Mocker" is his name- behaves with insolent fury.

Other Translations of Proverbs 21:24

King James Version

24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud in proud...: Heb. in the wrath of pride wrath.

English Standard Version

24 "Scoffer" is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.

The Message

24 You know their names - Brash, Impudent, Blasphemer - intemperate hotheads, every one.

New King James Version

24 A proud and haughty man--"Scoffer" is his name; He acts with arrogant pride.

New Living Translation

24 Mockers are proud and haughty; they act with boundless arrogance.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 21:24

Commentary on Proverbs 21:24

(Read Proverbs 21:24)

Pride and haughtiness make men passionate; such continually deal in wrath, as if it were their trade to be angry.