Ecclesiastes 24:23

Nova Vulgata

Haec quoque sapientibus: Dignoscere personam in iudicio non est bonum.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
H�c quoque sapientibus. Cognoscere personam in judicio non est bonum.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
H�c quoque sapientibus. [Cognoscere personam in judicio non est bonum.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

things: Psalms 107:43, Ecclesiastes 8:1-5, Hosea 14:9, James 3:17

It: Proverbs 18:5, Proverbs 28:21, Leviticus 19:15, Deuteronomy 1:17, Deuteronomy 16:19, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Psalms 82:2-4, John 7:24, 1 Timothy 5:20, 1 Timothy 5:21, James 2:4-6, 1 Peter 1:17

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 5:9 - It is not Job 13:8 - General Job 32:21 - accept Psalms 36:4 - setteth Proverbs 17:15 - that justifieth Proverbs 30:10 - Accuse not Romans 2:11 - General Romans 13:4 - he is James 2:1 - with

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These [things] also [belong] to the wise,.... Both what is said before concerning fearing God and the king; these belong to the wise and unwise, rich and poor, great and small; particularly judges and civil magistrates, and all subordinate governors, who have, or ought to have, a competency of wisdom; these ought to fear God and the king, as well as private subjects; and also what follows after, especially in this verse and Proverbs 24:24. Some render the words, "these things also [are the sayings] of wise men" u; not of Solomon, but of other wise men in his time, or who lived after him, and before the men of Hezekiah copied out the proverbs in the following chapters; see Proverbs 25:1; but it seems more than probable that what follows to the end of the chapter are the words of Solomon, as Proverbs 24:33 most clearly are, compared with Proverbs 6:10;

[it is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment; in trying causes in a court of judicature, no regard should be had to the persons of men by the judge on the bench, as the rich more than to the poor; or to a relation, a friend, an intimate acquaintance, more than to a stranger; but the justice of the cause ought to be attended to, and sentence given according to it, let it fall as it will: God does not accept persons, nor regard the rich more than the poor; nor should they that stand in his stead, and who in some sense represent him, Leviticus 19:15 Deuteronomy 1:17; nor should Christians in their communities act such a partial part, James 2:1.

u גם אלה לחכמים "haec quoqne sapientum sunt", Tigurine version; "etiam haec sapientibus profecta sunt", Piscator; "etiam haecce sapientum", Cocceius, Schultens, so Grotius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Belong to the wise - Either “are fitting for the wise, addressed to them,” or (as in the superscriptions of many of the Psalms) “are written by the wise.” Most recent commentators take it in the latter sense, and look on it as indicating the beginning of a fresh section, containing proverbs not ascribed to Solomon’s authorship. Compare the introduction to Proverbs.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 24:23. These things also belong to the wise. — גם אלה לחכמים gam elleh lachachamim, "These also to wise." This appears to be a new section; and perhaps, what follows belongs to another collection. Probably fragments of sayings collected by wise men from the Proverbs of Solomon.

It is not good to have respect — Judgment and justice should never be perverted.