Far be it from you to do such a thing^s—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous^t and the wicked alike.^u Far be it from you! Will not the Judge^v of all the earth do right?”^w

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Cross references

s Ge 44:7,17; Dt 32:4; Job 8:3–7; 34:10
t Isa 5:20; Am 5:15; Mal 2:17; 3:18
u Dt 1:16–17
v Jdg 11:27; Job 9:15; Ps 7:11; 94:2; Heb 12:23
w Ge 20:4; Dt 32:4; 2Ch 19:7; Ezr 9:15; Ne 9:33; Job 8:3,20; 34:10; 36:23; Ps 58:11; 75:7; 94:2; 119:137; Isa 3:10–11; Eze 18:25; Da 4:37; 9:14; Mal 2:17; Ro 3:6

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of the whole earth do what is just?”

NLTNew Living Translation

Surely you wouldn’t do such a thing, destroying the righteous along with the wicked. Why, you would be treating the righteous and the wicked exactly the same! Surely you wouldn’t do that! Should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Far be it from you to do such a thing as this, to kill the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous would be as the wicked! Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do justice?”

KJV 1900King James Version

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

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