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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 18:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
How Fools Live
4
The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
5
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Cross References
Leviticus 19:15
"You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
Proverbs 24:23
These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good.
Proverbs 28:21
To show partiality is not good, but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
Psalm 82:2
"How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Proverbs 17:15
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
Deuteronomy 1:16-17
And I charged your judges at that time, 'Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him.
1 Kings 21:9-14
And she wrote in the letters, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.
Job 13:7-8
Will you speak falsely for God and speak deceitfully for him?
Job 34:19
who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?
Isaiah 5:23
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
Isaiah 59:14
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.
Micah 7:3
Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.
Matthew 22:16
And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances.