Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
by perverting the justice due the innocent.
New American Standard Bible
Nor to
King James Version
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
International Standard Version
It's not good to be partial towards an evil person, thereby depriving the righteous of justice.
A Conservative Version
To respect the person of a wicked man is not good, [nor] to turn aside a righteous man in judgment.
American Standard Version
To respect the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
Amplified
To show respect to the wicked person is not good,
Nor to push aside and deprive the righteous of justice.
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.
Darby Translation
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment.
Julia Smith Translation
To lift up the face of the unjust one is not good; to turn aside the just one in judgment.
King James 2000
It is not good to be partial to the wicked, or to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Being partial [to] faces of evil [is] not good, [nor] to subvert the righteous at the judgment.
Modern King James verseion
It is not good to favor the person of the wicked, nor to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
It is not good to regard the person of the ungodly, or to put back the righteous in judgment.
NET Bible
It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.
New Heart English Bible
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
The Emphasized Bible
To prefer a lawless man, is not good, thrusting away the righteous, in judgment.
Webster
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow 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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Acceptance of the face of the wicked is not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
Themes
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 18:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
How Fools Live
4
a flowing river, a fountain of wisdom.
by perverting the justice due the innocent.
and his mouth provokes a beating.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:15
“You must not act unjustly
Proverbs 24:23
Proverbs 28:21
yet a man may sin for a piece of bread.
Deuteronomy 16:19
Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
Psalm 82:2
and show partiality to the wicked?
Proverbs 17:15
both are detestable to the Lord.
Deuteronomy 1:16-17
I commanded your judges at that time: Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge rightly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
1 Kings 21:9-14
In the letters, she wrote:
Proclaim a fast
Job 13:7-8
or speak deceitfully for Him?
Job 34:19
and does not favor the rich over the poor,
for they are all the work of His hands.
Isaiah 5:23
and deprive the innocent of justice.
Isaiah 59:14
and righteousness stands far off.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter.
Micah 7:3
the official and the judge demand a bribe;
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.
Matthew 22:16
They sent their disciples to Him, with the Herodians.