John 7:51 Parallel Translations

"Do Moses' Teachings enable us to judge a person without first hearing that person's side of the story? We can't judge a person without finding out what that person has done."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

ASV:

Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?

BBE:

Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?

DBY:

Does our law judge a man before it have first heard from himself, and know what he does?

ERV:

Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?

WEY:

"Does our Law," he asked, "judge a man without first hearing what he has to say and ascertaining what his conduct is?"

WBS:

Doth our law judge any man before it heareth him, and knoweth what he doeth?

WEB:

"Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?"

YLT:

'Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'

John 7:51 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 23:1 "You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

Deuteronomy 17:6 "On the evidence of two witnesses or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness.

Deuteronomy 19:15 "A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.

Proverbs 18:13 He who gives an answer before he hears, It is folly and shame to him.

Acts 23:3 Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to try me according to the Law, and in violation of the Law order me to be struck?" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

7:51 Doth our law judge [any] man, before it hear him, and know {n} what he doeth?
(n) What the one who is accused has committed.

PNT:

7:51 Doth our law judge, etc.? Of course it did not, but for him to say a word in defense of justice brought the charge that he was a follower of the Galilean.

MHC:

7:40-53 The malice of Christ's enemies is always against reason, and sometimes the staying of it cannot be accounted for. Never any man spake with that wisdom, and power, and grace, that convincing clearness, and that sweetness, wherewith Christ spake. Alas, that many, who are for a time restrained, and who speak highly of the word of Jesus, speedily lose their convictions, and go on in their sins! People are foolishly swayed by outward motives in matters of eternal moment, are willing even to be damned for fashion's sake. As the wisdom of God often chooses things which men despise, so the folly of men commonly despises those whom God has chosen. The Lord brings forward his weak and timid disciples, and sometimes uses them to defeat the designs of his enemies.

CONC:

Anyone Ascertaining Condemn Conduct Except Giving Heareth Hearing Hears Judge Judged Knoweth Law Learning Personally Unless

Ascertaining Condemn Conduct Find First Hear Heard Heareth Hearing Hears Judge Judged Law Personally Unless

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