Deuteronomy 25:1 Parallel Translations

This is what you must do whenever two people have a disagreement that is brought into court. The judges will hear the case and decide who's right and who's wrong.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

ASV:

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

BBE:

If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

DBY:

If there be a controversy between men, and they resort to judgment, and they judge their case; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

ERV:

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

JPS:

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them, by justifying the righteous, and condemning the wicked,

WBS:

If there shall be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

WEB:

If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

YLT:

'When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,

Deuteronomy 25:1 Cross References

XREF:

Deuteronomy 1:16 "Then I charged your judges at that time, saying, 'Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen, and judge righteously between a man and his fellow countryman, or the alien who is with him.

Deuteronomy 1:17 'You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not fear man, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.'

Deuteronomy 17:8 "If any case is too difficult for you to decide, between one kind of homicide or another, between one kind of lawsuit or another, and between one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute in your courts, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God chooses.

Deuteronomy 19:17 then both the men who have the dispute shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, {a} that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
(a) Whether there is a plaintiff or not, the magistrates should try our faults, and punish according to the crime.

WES:

25:1 Justify - Acquit him from guilt and false accusations, and free him from punishment.

MHC:

25:1-3 Every punishment should be with solemnity, that those who see it may be filled with dread, and be warned not to offend in like manner. And though the criminals must be shamed as well as put to pain, for their warning and disgrace, yet care should be taken that they do not appear totally vile. Happy those who are chastened of the Lord to humble them, that they should not be condemned with the world to destruction.

CONC:

Acquitting Argument Case Condemn Condemning Controversy Court Decide Decision Declared Dispute Guilty Innocent Judge Judged Judges Judgment Justify Justifying Law Nigh Resort Righteous Strife Upright Wicked Wrong Wrongdoer Wrong-doer

Acquitting Argument Case Condemn Condemning Controversy Court Decide Decision Declared Dispute Innocent Judge Judged Judges Judgment Justify Justifying Law Resort Righteous Upright Wicked Wrong Wrongdoer Wrong-Doer

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