He does not accept the reputation of leaders; nor does he recognize the tyrant as he contends against the poor. For all are the work of his hands.
Proverbs 18:5 - Catholic Public Domain Version It is not good to accept the character of the impious, so as to turn away from true judgment. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, To overthrow the righteous in judgment. Amplified 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. 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. |
He does not accept the reputation of leaders; nor does he recognize the tyrant as he contends against the poor. For all are the work of his hands.
You shall not follow the crowd in doing evil. Neither shall you go astray in judgment, by agreeing with the majority opinion, apart from the truth.
Those who justify the impious, and those who condemn the just, both are abominable with God.
It is not good to inflict damage on the just, nor to strike the leader who judges uprightly.
Likewise, these things are for the wise. It is not good to base judgment on knowledge of character.
Whoever shows favoritism in judgment does not do well; even if it is for a morsel of bread, he forsakes the truth.
And perhaps they may drink and forget judgments, and alter the case of the sons of the poor.
For you justify an impious man in exchange for bribes, and you carry away the justice of a just man from him.
And judgment has been turned backwards, and justice has stood far away. For truth has fallen down in the street, and fairness was not able to enter.
You shall not do what is unjust, nor shall you judge unjustly. You shall not consider the reputation of the poor, nor shall you honor the countenance of the powerful. Judge your neighbor justly.
Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob and judges of the house of Israel, you who abominate judgment and who pervert all that is right.
The evil of their hands, they call good. The leader is demanding, and the judge is yielding, and the great is speaking the desire of his soul, and they have confused it.
And they sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying: "Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and that you teach the way of God in truth, and that the influence of others is nothing to you. For you do not consider the reputation of men.
and not so as to show favoritism to either side. You shall not accept a person's reputation, nor gifts. For gifts blind the eyes of the wise and alter the words of the just.