Leviticus 19:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־תַעֲשׂ֥וּ עָ֙וֶל֙ בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט לֹא־תִשָּׂ֣א פְנֵי־דָ֔ל וְלֹ֥א תֶהְדַּ֖ר פְּנֵ֣י גָד֑וֹל בְּצֶ֖דֶק תִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט עֲמִיתֶֽךָ

Transliteration

lōʾ-ṯaʿăśû ʿāwel bammišpāṭ lōʾ-ṯiśśāʾ pənê-ḏāl wə-lōʾ ṯehdar pənê gāḏôl bəṣeḏeq tišpōṭ ʿămîṯeḵā

Grammar Details

• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *ṯaʿăśû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall do
• *ʿāwel*: noun, masculine singular - injustice/wrong
• *bammišpāṭ*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in judgment
• *ṯiśśāʾ*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall lift up/show partiality to
• *pənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - face of
• *ḏāl*: adjective, masculine singular - poor/weak
• *wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *ṯehdar*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall honor/favor
• *gāḏôl*: adjective, masculine singular - great/mighty
• *bəṣeḏeq*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - in righteousness
• *tišpōṭ*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall judge
• *ʿămîṯeḵā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your neighbor

Word Meanings

• *ʿāwel*: injustice/wrong/unrighteousness
• *ṯiśśāʾ* *pənê*: show partiality to/be partial to/favor
• *ṯehdar*: honor/favor/show deference to
• *ṣeḏeq*: righteousness/justice/fairness
• *ʿămîṯeḵā*: your neighbor/fellow/companion/friend

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Ye shall do{H6213} no unrighteousness{H5766} in judgment:{H4941} thou shalt not respect{H5375} the person{H6440} of the poor,{H1800} nor honor{H1921} the person{H6440} of the mighty;{H1419} but in righteousness{H6664} shalt thou judge{H8199} thy neighbor.{H5997}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Ye shall do{H6213}{(H8799)} no unrighteousness{H5766} in judgment{H4941}: thou shalt not respect{H5375}{(H8799)} the person{H6440} of the poor{H1800}, nor honour{H1921}{(H8799)} the person{H6440} of the mighty{H1419}: but in righteousness{H6664} shalt thou judge{H8199}{(H8799)} thy neighbour{H5997}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Ye shall doo no vnrightuousnes in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauoure the poore nor honoure the mightye, but shalt iudge thy neghboure rightuously.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ye shall not deale wrongeously in iudgment, nether shal ye accepte the personne of the poore, ner honoure the parsonne of the greate, but thou shalt iudge thy neghboure righteously.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, thou shalt not fauour the person poore, nor honour the person mightie, but in righteousnes shalt thou iudge thy neighbour.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 1:17 : 17 You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of anyone, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too difficult for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.
• Deut 16:19 : 19 You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
• Exod 23:2-3 : 2 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to pervert justice by following the majority. 3 Nor shall you show favoritism to a poor man in his dispute.
• Prov 24:23 : 23 These sayings also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.
• Jas 2:6-9 : 6 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and haul you into the courts? 7 Do they not blaspheme that worthy name by which you are called? 8 If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well. 9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
• Exod 23:6-8 : 6 You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute. 7 Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked. 8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.
• Lev 19:35 : 35 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measuring yard, in weight, or in measure.
• Deut 25:13-16 : 13 You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small. 14 You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. 15 But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. 16 For all who do such things, and all who act unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.
• Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he who perverts the judgment of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
• 2 Chr 19:6-7 : 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what you do, for you judge not for man but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. 7 Therefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it, for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
• Ps 82:2 : 2 How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.
• Prov 18:5 : 5 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
• Exod 18:21 : 21 Moreover, you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.