Parallel Verses
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.
Holman Bible
by perverting the justice due the innocent.
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
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Cross References
Leviticus 19:15
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Proverbs 24:23
To
Proverbs 28:21
Deuteronomy 16:19
Psalm 82:2
And
Proverbs 17:15
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
Deuteronomy 1:16-17
“Then I charged your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your
1 Kings 21:9-14
Now she wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;
Job 13:7-8
And speak what is deceitful for Him?
Job 34:19
Nor regards the rich above the poor,
For they all are the
Isaiah 5:23
And
Isaiah 59:14
And
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.
Micah 7:3
The prince asks, also the judge, for a
And a great man speaks the desire of his soul;
So they weave it together.
Matthew 22:16
And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the