5 It is not good to be partial to the wicked

and so deprive the innocent of justice.

5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked,

To overthrow the righteous in judgment.

5 It is not right to acquit the guilty

or deny justice to the innocent.

5 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked,

Or to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

5 It is not good to honor the wicked

or to be unfair to the innocent.

5 To respect the person of the wicked is not good,

Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.

5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment.

5 It is not good to be partial toward a wicked person, 

thereby depriving an innocent person of justice. 

5 It is not good to show partiality to the guilty

by perverting the justice due the innocent.

5 It is not right to be partial to the guilty

or to subvert the innocent in judgment.

5 Being partial to faces of evil is not good,

nor to subvert the righteous at the judgment.

5 It isn’t good to favor those who do wrong.

And it isn’t good to hold back what is fair from those who aren’t guilty.

5 To show partiality to the wicked is not good,

Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.