Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.

King James Version

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

Holman Bible

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just
both are detestable to the Lord.

International Standard Version

Exonerating the wicked and condemning the righteous are both detestable to the LORD.

A Conservative Version

He who justifies a wicked man, and he who condemns a righteous man, both of them alike are an abomination to LORD.

American Standard Version

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

Amplified


He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous
Are both repulsive to the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.

Darby Translation

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are abomination to Jehovah.

Julia Smith Translation

He justifying the unjust one and he condemning the just one, is an abomination to Jehovah, also they two.

King James 2000

He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, the two of them [are] both abominations of Yahweh.

Modern King James verseion

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, even both of them are hateful to Jehovah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD hateth as well him that justifieth the ungodly, as him that condemneth the innocent.

NET Bible

The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent -- both of them are an abomination to the Lord.

New Heart English Bible

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

The Emphasized Bible

He that justifieth the lawless, and he that condemneth the righteous, an abomination to Yahweh, are they, both.

Webster

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

World English Bible

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

Youngs Literal Translation

Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these are an abomination to Jehovah.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

and he that condemneth
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 34

the just
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

תּעבה תּועבה 
Tow`ebah 
Usage: 117

References

Fausets

Questions on Proverbs 17:15

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

14 To release the waters (to speak rashly) is the beginning of contention; therefore, leave off strife before it gets started. 15 He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
16 Of what good is the price to buy wisdom in the hand of the fool, seeing he has no heart to understand?

Cross References

Exodus 23:7

Keep thee far from a false matter; and slay thou not the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

Isaiah 5:23

who justify the wicked for bribes and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Proverbs 18:5

To respect the person of the wicked so that the righteous loses that which is rightfully his is not good.

1 Kings 21:13

Then the two men, sons of Belial, came in and sat before him; and those men of Belial witnessed against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones that he died.

Proverbs 6:16

These six things does the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 24:23-24

These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Isaiah 55:8-9

For my thoughts are not as your thoughts, neither are your ways as my ways, saith the LORD.

Ezekiel 22:27-29

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to follow their own greed.

Amos 5:7

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood and leave off doing righteousness in the earth,

Amos 5:12

For I have known of your many rebellions and your great sins that afflict the just and take a ransom and turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

Amos 6:12

Shall horses run upon the rocks? will one plow there with oxen? why have ye turned judgment into hemlock, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood?

Luke 23:18-25

And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas

Romans 4:5

But to him that does not work, but believes in him that justifies the ungodly, the faith is counted as righteousness.

James 5:6

Ye have condemned and murdered the just, and he does not resist you.

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