Although ¹  he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, ²  yet ³  he shows favor to the humble. ⁴ 

biblegateway Pro 3:34

Though He scoffs at the scoffers, Yet He gives grace to the afflicted.

He mocks those who mock, but gives grace to the humble.

When he mocks the mockers, he is gracious to humble people.

biblegateway Pro 3:34

He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.

Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he gives favor.

bibleoremus Pro 3:34

Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he shows favor.

Though God meets the scornful with scorn, to the humble he shows favour.

biblegateway Pro 3:34

Surely He scorns the scornful, But gives grace to the humble.

Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

biblegateway Pro 3:34

Although ¹  he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, ²  yet ³  he shows favor to the humble. ⁴ 

¹ tn The particle אִם (’im, “though”) introduces a concessive clause: “though….”

² tn Heb “he mocks those who mock.” The repetition of the root לִיץ (lits, “to scorn; to mock”) connotes poetic justice; the punishment fits the crime. Scoffers are characterized by arrogant pride (e.g., Prov 21:24), as the antithetical parallelism with “the humble” here emphasizes.

³ tn The prefixed vav (ו) introduces the apodosis to the concessive clause: “Though … yet …”

⁴ tn The Hebrew is structured chiastically (AB:BA): “he scorns / arrogant scoffers // but to the humble / he gives grace.” The word order in the translation is reversed for the sake of smoothness and readability.