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Proverbs 18:5

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

To ioverthrow the righteous in judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. hPs. 82:2. So Le. 19:15 (Heb.). See Deut. 10:17. Comp. ch. 24:23.
  2. iSo Dt. 16:18 (Heb.). See ch. 17:15.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

It is not good to be partial to the wicked

or to deprive the righteous of justice.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It is not good to be partial to the wicked

and so deprive the innocent of justice.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

It is not good to show partiality to the guilty,

denying an innocent person justice.

NLTNew Living Translation

It is not right to acquit the guilty

or deny justice to the innocent.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Being partial to faces of evil is not good,

nor to subvert the righteous at the judgment.