Proverbs 24:23–24
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Further Sayings of the Wise
24:23These sayings also are from the wise:
To show partiality40 in judgment is terrible:41
24:24The one who says to the guilty,42 “You are innocent,”43
peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce44 him.
Footnotes
- 40 Heb “to recognize faces”; , “to have respect of persons”; “to show favoritism.”
- 41 Heb “not good.” This is a figure known as tapeinosis—a deliberate understatement to emphasize a worst-case scenario: “it is terrible!”
- 42 The word means “wicked; guilty” or “criminal”; the contrast could be “wicked—righteous” (cf. , , , ) or “innocent—guilty” (cf. , , ). Since this line follows the statement about showing partiality in judgment, it involves a forensic setting. Thus the statement describes one who calls a guilty person innocent or acquitted.
- 43 Or “righteous”; the same Hebrew word may be translated either “innocent” or “righteous” depending on the context.
- 44 The verb means “to be indignant.” It can be used within the range of “have indignation,” meaning “loathe” or “abhor,” or express indignation, meaning “denounce” or “curse.” In this passage, in collocation with the previous term “curse,” the latter is intended (cf. , , ).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
These also are sayings of the wise.
Partiality in judging is not good.
Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,”
will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
These also are sayings of the wise:
To show partiality in judging is not good:
Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,”
will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
These sayings also belong to the wise:
It is not good to show partiality in judgment.
Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent” —
peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
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NLTNew Living Translation
Here are some further sayings of the wise:
It is wrong to show favoritism when passing judgment.
A judge who says to the wicked, “You are innocent,”
will be cursed by many people and denounced by the nations.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
These sayings are also for the wise:
Partiality in judgment is not good.
Whoever says to the guilty, “You are righteous,” the people will curse him;
the nations will abhor him.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
These things also belong to the wise.
It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous;
Him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
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