Proverbs 18:5 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, To overthrow the righteous in judgment. More versionsAmplified Bible - Classic Edition To respect the person of the wicked and be partial to him, so as to deprive the [consistently] righteous of justice, is not good. American Standard Version (1901) To respect the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment. Common English Bible Favoring the wicked isn’t good; it denies justice to the righteous. Catholic Public Domain Version It is not good to accept the character of the impious, so as to turn away from true judgment. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment. English Standard Version 2016 It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the righteous of justice. |