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King James Version
Proverbs 18:5
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
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English Standard Version
It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the righteous of justice.
It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the righteous of justice.
Geneva Bible (1587)
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.
Christian Standard Bible®
It is not good to show partiality to the guilty,denying an innocent person justice.
It is not good to show partiality to the guilty,denying an innocent person justice.
Hebrew Names Version
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, Nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, Nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
Easy-to-Read Version
You must be fair in judging others. It is wrong to favor the guilty and rob the innocent of justice.
You must be fair in judging others. It is wrong to favor the guilty and rob the innocent of justice.
Amplified Bible
To show respect to the wicked person is not good, Nor to push aside and deprive the righteous of justice.
To show respect to the wicked person is not good, Nor to push aside and deprive the righteous of justice.
American Standard Version
To respect the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
To respect the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
Contemporary English Version
It's wrong to favor the guilty and keep the innocent from getting justice.
It's wrong to favor the guilty and keep the innocent from getting justice.
Complete Jewish Bible
It is not good to be partial to the guilty and thus deprive the innocent of justice.
It is not good to be partial to the guilty and thus deprive the innocent of justice.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
It is not good to respect the person of the wicked, so as to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
It is not good to respect the person of the wicked, so as to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
King James Version (1611)
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
It is not good to accept the person of the ungodly, nor is it holy to pervert justice in judgment.
It is not good to accept the person of the ungodly, nor is it holy to pervert justice in judgment.
English Revised Version
To accept the person of the wicked is not good, nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
To accept the person of the wicked is not good, nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
Berean Standard Bible
Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
Lexham English Bible
Being partial to faces of evil is not good, nor to subvert the righteous at the judgment.
Being partial to faces of evil is not good, nor to subvert the righteous at the judgment.
Literal Translation
To lift up the face of the wicked is not good, nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
To lift up the face of the wicked is not good, nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
New Century Version
It is not good to honor the wicked or to be unfair to the innocent.
It is not good to honor the wicked or to be unfair to the innocent.
New English Translation
It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.
It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.
New King James Version
It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, Or to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, Or to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
New Living Translation
It is not right to acquit the guilty or deny justice to the innocent.
It is not right to acquit the guilty or deny justice to the innocent.
New Life Bible
It is not good to favor the sinful, or to keep what is fair from one who is right with God.
It is not good to favor the sinful, or to keep what is fair from one who is right with God.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
To prefer a lawless man, is not good, thrusting away the righteous, in judgment.
To prefer a lawless man, is not good, thrusting away the righteous, in judgment.
Douay-Rheims Bible
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.
George Lamsa Translation
It is not good to respect the person of the wicked, nor to pervert justice against the righteous.
It is not good to respect the person of the wicked, nor to pervert justice against the righteous.
Good News Translation
It is not right to favor the guilty and keep the innocent from receiving justice.
It is not right to favor the guilty and keep the innocent from receiving justice.
New American Standard Bible
To show partiality to the wicked is not good, Nor to suppress the righteous in judgment.
To show partiality to the wicked is not good, Nor to suppress the righteous in judgment.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.
It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.
New Revised Standard
It is not right to be partial to the guilty, or to subvert the innocent in judgment.
It is not right to be partial to the guilty, or to subvert the innocent in judgment.
Darby Translation
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment.
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
It is not good to take the persoone of a wickid man in doom, that thou bowe awei fro the treuthe of dom.
It is not good to take the persoone of a wickid man in doom, that thou bowe awei fro the treuthe of dom.
Young's Literal Translation
Acceptance of the face of the wicked [is] not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
Acceptance of the face of the wicked [is] not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
World English Bible
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, Nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, Nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
Revised Standard Version
It is not good to be partial to a wicked man, or to deprive a righteous man of justice.
It is not good to be partial to a wicked man, or to deprive a righteous man of justice.
Update Bible Version
To respect the person of the wicked is not good, [Nor] to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
To respect the person of the wicked is not good, [Nor] to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
Webster's Bible Translation
[It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
[It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Bible in Basic English
To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.
To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
It is not good to regarde ye personne of the vngodly, or to put backe ye righteous in iudgmet.
It is not good to regarde ye personne of the vngodly, or to put backe ye righteous in iudgmet.
THE MESSAGE
It's not right to go easy on the guilty, or come down hard on the innocent.
It's not right to go easy on the guilty, or come down hard on the innocent.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
To show partiality to the wicked is not good, Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.
To show partiality to the wicked is not good, Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.
Legacy Standard Bible
To show partiality to the wicked is not good,Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.
To show partiality to the wicked is not good,Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.
Contextual Overview
5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
not: Proverbs 24:23, Proverbs 28:21, Leviticus 19:15, Deuteronomy 1:16, Deuteronomy 1:17, Deuteronomy 16:19, Job 13:7, Job 13:8, Job 34:19, Matthew 22:16
to overthrow: 1 Kings 21:9-14, Isaiah 5:23, Isaiah 59:14, Micah 7:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:7 - If thou doest well Nehemiah 5:9 - It is not Psalms 82:2 - accept Psalms 140:4 - overthrow Proverbs 17:26 - to punish 1 Timothy 5:21 - without preferring
Cross-References
Genesis 19:8
Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
Genesis 33:10
And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
Judges 6:18
Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
Judges 13:15
And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord , I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord , I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
Judges 19:5
And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
Psalms 104:15
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
Isaiah 3:1
For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
Matthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked,.... For a judge to have respect to a wicked man in a cause before him, and to favour him, because he is a rich man, or a relation, or he has received some kindness from him; none of these things should have any influence upon him
to overthrow the righteous in judgment: though he may be a poor man and a stranger, and to whom the judge is under no private and personal obligation; yet justice ought to be done without any respect to persons; to do otherwise is not only not good, but very bad, very sinful and criminal; it is contrary to law and justice; it is doing injury to men, and is repugnant to the will of God, and offensive to him, Leviticus 19:15.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 18:5. To accept the person of the wicked — We must not, in judicial cases, pay any attention to a man's riches, influence, friends, offices, &c., but judge the case according to its own merits. But when the wicked rich man opposes and oppresses the poor righteous, then all those things should be utterly forgotten.
