Proverbs 17:15 - The Scriptures 2009 He who declares the wrong right, And he who condemns the righteous, Both of them are an abomination to יהוה. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, Even they both are abomination to the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both an abomination [exceedingly disgusting and hateful] to the Lord. [Exod. 23:7; Prov. 24:24; Isa. 5:23.] American Standard Version (1901) He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah. Common English Bible Judging the righteous wicked and the wicked righteous— the LORD detests both of these. Catholic Public Domain Version Those who justify the impious, and those who condemn the just, both are abominable with God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God. |
And the men, sons of Beliya‛al, came in and sat before him. And the men of Beliya‛al witnessed against him, against Naḇoth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naḇoth has blasphemed Elohim and the sovereign!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him with stones, and he died.
They band together against the life of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wrong.
“Keep yourself far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I do not declare the wrong right.
A false scale is an abomination to יהוה, But a perfect weight is His delight.
The slaughtering of the wrong ones Is an abomination to יהוה, But the prayer of the straight is His delight.
It is also not good to punish the righteous one, To strike noble ones for straightness.
It is not good to show partiality to the wrong, Or to turn aside the righteous in right-ruling.
Lest they drink and forget what is inscribed, And pervert the right of all the afflicted.
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
who declare right the wrong for a bribe, and the righteousness of the righteous they turn aside from him!
To turn aside the right-ruling of man Before the face of the Most High,
“And you have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to put to death beings that should not die, and to keep alive beings who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies!”
For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great, afflicting the righteous and accepting bribes, and turning aside the poor at the gate.
“O you who are turning right-ruling to wormwood, and have cast down righteousness to the earth!”
Do horses run on a rock? Does one plough it with oxen? For you have turned right-ruling into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
And to him who is not working but believes on Him who is declaring right the wicked, his belief is reckoned for righteousness,
“When there is a dispute between men, then they shall come unto judgment, and they shall be judged, and the righteous declared righteous and the wrongdoer declared wrong.
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous – he does not resist you.