en_tw_old/bible/kt/upright/01.md

upright, uprightness

Definition

The terms "upright" and "uprightness" refer to acting in a way that follows God's laws.

• A person who is "upright" is someone who follows God's rules and does not do things that are morally deviant.
• The meaning of these words includes the idea of walking in a straight path without deviating to one side or the other.
• Terms such as "integrity" and "righteous" have similar meanings and are sometimes used in parallelism constructions, such as "integrity and uprightness." (See: parallelism)

Translation Suggestions

• Ways to translate "upright" could include, "acting rightly" or "one who acts rightly" or "following God's laws" or "obedient to God" or "behaving in a way that is right."
• The term "uprightness" could be translated as, "moral purity" or "good moral conduct" or "rightness."
• The phrase "the upright" could be translated as "people who are upright" or "upright people."