Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.
New American Standard Bible
But those who seek the Lord
King James Version
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
Holman Bible
but those who seek the Lord understand everything.
International Standard Version
Evil men don't understand justice, but whoever seeks the LORD understands it all.
A Conservative Version
Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek LORD understand all things.
American Standard Version
Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.
Amplified
Evil men do not understand justice,
But they who long for and seek the Lord understand it fully.
Darby Translation
Evil men understand not judgment; but they that seek Jehovah understand everything.
Julia Smith Translation
Men of evil shall not understand judgment: and they seeking Jehovah shall understand all.
King James 2000
Evil men understand not justice: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Men of evil do not understand justice, but seekers of Yahweh understand completely.
Modern King James verseion
Evil men do not understand judgment; but those who seek Jehovah understand all things.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wicked men discern not the thing that is right, but they that seek after the LORD, discuss all things.
NET Bible
Evil people do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it all.
New Heart English Bible
Evil men do not understand justice; but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.
The Emphasized Bible
Wicked men, consider not justice, but, they who seek Yahweh, consider everything.
Webster
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
World English Bible
Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.
Youngs Literal Translation
Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.
Themes
Seeking God » Ensures » Understanding all things
The judgment of babylon » Who does not understand judgment
Interlinear
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Biyn
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Biyn
understand, understanding, consider, prudent, perceive, regard, discern, instruct, .
Usage: 169
Mishpat
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 28:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
4 Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him. 5 Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things. 6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.
Cross References
John 7:17
If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.
1 John 2:20
And you have the Spirit from the Holy One and you all have knowledge.
1 John 2:27
As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.
James 1:5
But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.
Psalm 25:14
The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.
Psalm 119:100
I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.
Proverbs 15:24
Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.
Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.
Mark 4:10-13
And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.
1 Corinthians 2:14-15
For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.