It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
To respect the person of the wicked is not good, Norto turn aside the righteous in judgment.
WEB
Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
YLT
Acceptance of the face of the wicked is not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
DBT
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.