Parallel Verses

King James 2000

It is not good to be partial to the wicked, or to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

New American Standard Bible

To show partiality to the wicked is not good,
Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.

King James Version

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Holman Bible

It is not good to show partiality to the guilty
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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
It is not good
טוב 
Towb 
Usage: 553

to accept
נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

the person
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

the righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

Context Readings

How Fools Live

4 The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom like a flowing brook. 5 It is not good to be partial to the wicked, or to overthrow the righteous in judgment. 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.



Cross References

Leviticus 19:15

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

Proverbs 24:23

These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have partiality in judgment.

Proverbs 28:21

To show partiality is not good: because for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not show partiality, neither take a bribe: for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Psalm 82:2

How long will you judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Proverbs 17:15

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

Deuteronomy 1:16-17

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

1 Kings 21:9-14

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

Job 13:7-8

Will you speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

Job 34:19

How much less to him that regards not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

Isaiah 5:23

Who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the justice of the righteous from him!

Isaiah 59:14

And justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Micah 7:3

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a bribe; and the great man, he utters his evil desire: so they weave it together.

Matthew 22:16

And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, neither care you for any man: for you regard not the person of men.

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