Proverbs 17:15

In 11 translations

BSB

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.

KJV

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

WEB

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

ASV

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

LSV

Whoever is justifying the wicked, || And condemning the righteous, || Even both of these [are] an abomination to YHWH.

YLT

Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these [are] an abomination to Jehovah.

DBY

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are abomination to Jehovah.

DRC

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God.

GNV

He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.

JPS

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are an abomination to the LORD.

LXXE

He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, is unclean and abominable with God.

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WLC

מַצְדִּ֣יק רָ֭שָׁע וּמַרְשִׁ֣יעַ צַדִּ֑יק תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ὃς δίκαιον κρίνει τὸν ἄδικον, ἄδικον δὲ τὸν δίκαιον, ἀκάθαρτος καὶ βδελυκτὸς παρὰ Θεῷ.

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• Exodus 23:7Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
• Proverbs 18:5Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
• Isaiah 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
• Proverbs 24:23–24These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good. Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
• Amos 6:12“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
• Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Isaiah 55:8–9“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
• Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
• Amos 5:12For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
• 1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
• Proverbs 6:16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
• James 5:6You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
• Romans 4:5However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
• Luke 23:18–25But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!” (Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.) Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again, but…
• Ezekiel 22:27–29Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain. Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the…
• Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

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