Proverbs 28:21
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28:21To show partiality58 is terrible,59
for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.60
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- 58 The construction uses the Hiphil infinitive הַכֵּר (hakken) as the subject of the sentence: “to have respect for [or, recognize] persons is not good” (e.g., 24:23; 18:5; Deut 1:17; Lev 19:15). Such favoritism is “not good”; instead, it is a miscarriage of justice and is to be avoided.
- 59 Heb “not good.” This is a figure of speech known as tapeinosis—a deliberate understatement to emphasize a worst-case scenario: “it is terrible!”
- 60 The meaning and connection of the line is not readily clear. It could be taken in one of two ways: (1) a person can steal even a small piece of bread if hungry, and so the court should show some compassion, or it should show no partiality even in such a pathetic case; (2) a person could be bribed for a very small price (a small piece of bread being the figure representing this). This second view harmonizes best with the law.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
To show partiality is not good,
but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
To show partiality is not good—
yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
It is not good to show partiality —
yet even a courageous person may sin for a piece of bread.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Showing partiality is never good,
yet some will do wrong for a mere piece of bread.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Showing partiality is not good,
and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.
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KJV 1900King James Version
To have respect of persons is not good:
For for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
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