Arakian <01571>, maka inilah <0428> pula <02450> beberapa amsal <05234> hikmat adanya <04941>: Bahwa tak <01077> baik <02896> dipandang <01077> muka <06440> orang dalam majelis bicara.
AV#
These [things] also [belong] to the wise <02450>. [It is] not good <02896> to have respect <05234> (8687) of persons <06440> in judgment <04941>.
BBE
MESSAGE
It's wrong, very wrong, to go along with injustice.
NKJV
These [things] also [belong] to the wise: [It is] not good to show partiality in judgment.
PHILIPS
RWEBSTR
These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
GWV
These also are the sayings of wise people: Showing partiality as a judge is not good.
NET
These sayings also are from the wise: To show partiality* in judgment is terrible:*
NET
24:23 These sayings also are from the wise:
To show partiality2074
tnHeb “to recognize faces”; KJV, ASV “to have respect of persons”; NLT “to show favoritism.”
in judgment is terrible:2075
tnHeb “not good.” This is a figure known as tapeinosis – a deliberate understatement to emphasize a worst-case scenario: “it is terrible!”