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21 To show partiality is not good,
    yet for a piece of bread a person may do wrong.

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21 To show partiality(A) is not good(B)
    yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.(C)

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19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, putting to death those who should not die and keeping alive those who should not live, by your lies to my people, who listen to lies.(A)

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19 You have profaned(A) me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread.(B) By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live.(C)

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Further Sayings of the Wise

23     These also are sayings of the wise:

Partiality in judging is not good.(A)

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Further Sayings of the Wise

23 These also are sayings of the wise:(A)

To show partiality(B) in judging is not good:(C)

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It is not right to be partial to the guilty
    or to subvert the innocent in judgment.(A)

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It is not good to be partial to the wicked(A)
    and so deprive the innocent of justice.(B)

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You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds officials and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.(A)

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“Do not accept a bribe,(A) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

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You shall not follow a majority in wrongdoing; when you bear witness in a lawsuit, you shall not side with the majority so as to pervert justice,[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 23.2 Gk: Heb lacks justice

“Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice(A) by siding with the crowd,(B)

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And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.(A)

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In their greed(A) these teachers will exploit you(B) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

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18 For such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites,[a] and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 16.18 Gk their own belly

18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ,(A) but their own appetites.(B) By smooth talk and flattery they deceive(C) the minds of naive people.

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Their hands are skilled to do evil;
    the official and the judge ask for a bribe,
and the powerful dictate what they desire;
    thus they pervert justice.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 7.3 Cn: Heb they weave it

Both hands are skilled in doing evil;(A)
    the ruler demands gifts,
the judge accepts bribes,(B)
    the powerful dictate what they desire—
    they all conspire together.

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Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets
    who lead my people astray,
who cry “Peace”
    when they have something to eat
but declare war against those
    who put nothing into their mouths.(A)

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This is what the Lord says:

“As for the prophets
    who lead my people astray,(A)
they proclaim ‘peace’(B)
    if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
    who refuses to feed them.

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18 When their drinking is ended, they indulge in sexual orgies;
    they love lewdness more than their glory.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 4.18 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain

18 Even when their drinks are gone,
    they continue their prostitution;
    their rulers dearly love shameful ways.

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