that make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.

those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.

Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.

that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and pervert [the judgment of] the righteous by futility.