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Contemporary English Version

John 7:24

Don't judge by appearances. Judge by what is right.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Charitableness;   Commandments;   Jesus, the Christ;   Judge;   Justice;   Sabbath;   Temple;   Uncharitableness;   Scofield Reference Index - Faith;   Thompson Chain Reference - Appearances;   Outward Appearance;   The Topic Concordance - Judgment;   Sabbath;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John, gospel of;   Judgment;   Righteousness;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Justice;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Candlestick;   David;   Feasts;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Judging;   Scribes;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Dispersion ;   Education (2);   Error;   Judging (by Men);   Quotations (2);   Sabbath ;   Worldliness (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Tabernacles feast of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Appearance;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 15;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Stop judging
King James Version (1611)
Iudge not according to the appearance, but iudge righteous iudgement.
King James Version
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
English Standard Version
Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment."
New American Standard Bible
"Do not judge by the outward appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."
New Century Version
Stop judging by the way things look, but judge by what is really right."
Amplified Bible
"Do not judge by appearance [superficially and arrogantly], but judge fairly and righteously."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."
Legacy Standard Bible
Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."
Berean Standard Bible
Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly."
Complete Jewish Bible
Stop judging by surface appearances, and judge the right way!"
Darby Translation
Judge not according to sight, but judge righteous judgment.
Easy-to-Read Version
Stop judging by the way things look. Be fair and judge by what is really right."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Iudge not according to the appearance, but iudge righteous iudgement.
George Lamsa Translation
Do not judge by partiality, but judge a just judgment.
Good News Translation
Stop judging by external standards, and judge by true standards."
Lexham English Bible
Do not judge according to outward appearance, but judge according to righteous judgment!"
Literal Translation
Do not judge according to sight, but judge righteous judgment.
American Standard Version
Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Bible in Basic English
Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.
Hebrew Names Version
Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."
International Standard Version
Stop judging by appearances, but judge with righteous judgment!"Deuteronomy 1:16-17; Proverbs 24:23; John 8:15; James 2:1;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Judge not with acceptance of persons, [fn] but righteous judgment judge you.
Murdock Translation
Judge not, with a respect for persons; but judge ye a righteous judgment.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iudge not after the [vtter] appearaunce, but iudge with a ryghteous iudgement.
English Revised Version
Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
World English Bible
Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Weymouth's New Testament
Do not form superficial judgements, but form the judgements that are just."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Nile ye deme aftir the face, but deme ye a riytful doom.
Update Bible Version
Do not judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Webster's Bible Translation
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
New English Translation
Do not judge according to external appearance, but judge with proper judgment."
New King James Version
Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."
New Living Translation
Look beneath the surface so you can judge correctly."
New Life Bible
Do not say a person is guilty by what you see. Be sure you know when you say what is right or wrong."
New Revised Standard
Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Be not judging according to appearance, but, just judgment, be judging,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Judge not according to the appearance: but judge just judgment.
Revised Standard Version
Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iudge not after the vtter aperaunce: but iudge rightewes iudgement.
Young's Literal Translation
judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iudge not after the vtter appearauce, but iudge righteous iudgment.
Mace New Testament (1729)
judge not according to appearances, but judge according to equity.
Simplified Cowboy Version
If you're going to judge correctly, you've got to do it with more than what you see on the surface."

Contextual Overview

14 When the festival was about half over, Jesus went into the temple and started teaching. 15 The leaders were surprised and said, "How does this man know so much? He has never been taught!" 16 Jesus replied: I am not teaching something that I thought up. What I teach comes from the one who sent me. 17 If you really want to obey God, you will know if what I teach comes from God or from me. 18 If I wanted to bring honor to myself, I would speak for myself. But I want to honor the one who sent me. That is why I tell the truth and not a lie. 19 Didn't Moses give you the Law? Yet none of you obey it! So why do you want to kill me? 20 The crowd replied, "You're crazy! What makes you think someone wants to kill you?" 21 Jesus answered: I worked one miracle, and it amazed you. 22 Moses commanded you to circumcise your sons. But it wasn't really Moses who gave you this command. It was your ancestors, and even on the Sabbath you circumcise your sons 23 in order to obey the Law of Moses. Why are you angry with me for making someone completely well on the Sabbath?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

John 8:15, Deuteronomy 1:16, Deuteronomy 1:17, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:19, Psalms 58:1, Psalms 58:2, Psalms 82:2, Psalms 94:20, Psalms 94:21, Proverbs 17:15, Proverbs 24:23, Isaiah 5:23, Isaiah 11:3, Isaiah 11:4, James 2:1, James 2:4, James 2:9

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 13:14 - General 1 Samuel 16:7 - looketh Job 34:4 - know Proverbs 31:9 - General Acts 4:19 - judge Acts 28:4 - No doubt 1 Corinthians 4:3 - it is 1 Corinthians 11:13 - General 2 Corinthians 10:7 - ye look

Cross-References

Genesis 7:3
Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird with you. Do this so there will always be animals and birds on the earth.
Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I will send rain that will last for forty days and nights, and I will destroy all other living creatures I have made.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Judge not according to the appearance,.... Or through respect of persons, and so as to please men, the Scribes and Pharisees; who had condemned the action of Christ, in curing the diseased man on the sabbath day, and sought to kill him for it:

but judge righteous judgment; give your sense and judgment of things, according to the truth and evidence of them; and do not find fault with that, which you yourselves allow of, and which Moses and his law, and your own practices, justify.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judge not according to the appearance - Not as a thing first offers itself to you, without reflection or candor. In appearance, to circumcise a child on the Sabbath might be a violation of the law; yet you do it, and it is right. So, to appearance, it might be a violation of the Sabbath to heal a man, yet it is right to do works of necessity and mercy.

Judge righteous judgment - Candidly; looking at the law, and inquiring what its spirit really requires.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 24. Judge not according to the appearance — Attend to the law, not merely in the letter, but in its spirit and design. Learn that the law which commands men to rest on the Sabbath day is subordinate to the law of mercy and love, which requires them to be ever active to promote God's glory in the comfort and salvation of their fellow creatures; and endeavour to judge of the merit or demerit of an action, not from the first impression it may make upon your prejudices but from its tendency, and the motives of the person, as far as it is possible for you to acquaint yourselves with them; still believing the best, where you have no certain proof to the contrary.


 
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