Proverbs 18:5 | |
NASB: To show partiality to the wicked is not good, [Nor] to thrust aside the righteous in judgment. (NASB ©1995) GWT: It is not good to be partial toward a wicked person, thereby depriving an innocent person of justice. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. ASV: To respect the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment. BBE: To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright. DBY: It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment. JPS: It is not good to respect the person of the wicked, so as to turn aside the righteous in judgment. WBS: It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. WEB: To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice. YLT: Acceptance of the face of the wicked [is] not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment. | |
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