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Proverbs 17:15

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15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the justy —

both are detestable to the Lord.

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Cross references

  1. yEx 23:7; Pr 17:26; 18:5; 24:23–24; Is 5:23

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous

are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent—

the Lord detests them both.

NLTNew Living Translation

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent—

both are detestable to the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous,

the two of them are both abominations of Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just,

Even they both are abomination to the Lord.