These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
These also aresayingsof the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
WEB
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
YLT
These also are for the wise: --To discern faces in judgment is not good.
DBT
These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.