NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon It is not goodtowb (tobe) good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun to accept nasa' (naw-saw') to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows) the person paniym (paw-neem') the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) of the wicked rasha` (raw-shaw') morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. to overthrow natah (naw-taw') to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield. the righteous tsaddiyq (tsad-deek') just -- just, lawful, righteous (man). in judgment mishpat (mish-pawt') a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible To show partiality to the wicked is not good, Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment. King James Bible It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. Holman Christian Standard Bible It is not good to show partiality to the guilty by perverting the justice due the innocent. International Standard Version It's not good to be partial towards an evil person, thereby depriving the righteous of justice. NET Bible It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice. Aramaic Bible in Plain English To accept the persons of the evil is not good, neither to pray for judgment upon a righteous one. GOD'S WORD® Translation It is not good to be partial toward a wicked person, thereby depriving an innocent person of justice. King James 2000 Bible It is not good to be partial to the wicked, or to overthrow the righteous in judgment. Links Proverbs 18:5Proverbs 18:5 NIV Proverbs 18:5 NLT Proverbs 18:5 ESV Proverbs 18:5 NASB Proverbs 18:5 KJV |