Acts 23:3 - New International Version (Anglicised)

Then Paul said to him, ‘God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck!’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then Paul said to him, God is about to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit as a judge to try me in accordance with the Law, and yet in defiance of the Law you order me to be struck?

American Standard Version (1901)

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?

Common English Bible

Then Paul said to him, “God is about to strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit and judge me according to the Law, yet disobey the Law by ordering that I be struck.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then Paul said to him: "God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! For would you sit and judge me according to the law, when, contrary to the law, you order me to be struck?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Then Paul said to him: God shall strike thee, thou whited wall. For sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and contrary to the law commandest me to be struck?

Acts 23:3 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah went up and slapped Micaiah in the face. ‘Which way did the spirit from the Lord go when he went from me to speak to you?’ he asked.

Psalm 94:20

Can a corrupt throne be allied with you – a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?

Ecclesiastes 3:16

And I saw something else under the sun: in the place of judgment – wickedness was there, in the place of justice – wickedness was there.

Leviticus 19:15

‘ “Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favouritism to the great, but judge your neighbour fairly.

Leviticus 19:35

‘ “Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.

Amos 5:7

There are those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground.

John 18:24

Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

John 7:51

‘Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?’

Acts 23:4

Those who were standing near Paul said, ‘How dare you insult God’s high priest!’