John 7:51 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵¹ Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵¹ Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵¹ Does our Law convict a man without giving him a hearing and finding out what he has done?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵¹ Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?

Common English Bible

⁵¹ “Our Law doesn’t judge someone without first hearing him and learning what he is doing, does it?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵¹ "Does our law judge a man, unless it has first heard him and has known what he has done?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵¹ Doth our law judge any man, unless it first hear him, and know what he doth?

John 7:51 Cross References

Exodus 23:1

Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Proverbs 18:13

He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.

Numbers 35:30

Whoso killeth any person, the manslayer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

Acts 23:3

Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: and sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

Deuteronomy 1:17

Ye shall not respect persons in judgement; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgement is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.

Deuteronomy 17:6

At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.