Imamat 19:15

Justice, Love, and Propriety

19:15 “‘You ¹  must not deal unjustly in judgment: ²  you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. ³  You must judge your fellow citizen fairly. ⁴ 

Ulangan 25:1-2

25:1 If controversy arises between people, ⁵  they should go to court for judgment. When the judges ⁶  hear the case, they shall exonerate ⁷  the innocent but condemn ⁸  the guilty. 25:2 Then, ⁹  if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, ¹⁰  the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves. ¹¹ 

Yohanes 7:51

7:51 “Our law doesn’t condemn ¹²  a man unless it first hears from him and learns ¹³  what he is doing, does it?” ¹⁴ 

[19:15]  ¹ tc Smr has the singular rather than the plural “you” of the MT, which brings this verb form into line with the ones surrounding it.

[19:15]  ² tn Heb “You shall not do injustice in judgment” (NASB similar); cf. NIV “do not pervert justice.”

[19:15]  ³ tn Heb “You shall not lift up faces of poor [people] and you shall not honor faces of great.”

[19:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “In righteousness you shall judge your fellow citizen.”

[25:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “men.”

[25:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the judges) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “declare to be just”; KJV, NASB “justify the righteous”; NAB, NIV “acquitting the innocent.”

[25:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “declare to be evil”; NIV “condemning the guilty (+ party NAB).”

[25:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “and it will be.”

[25:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “if the evil one is a son of smiting.”

[25:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “according to his wickedness, by number.”

[7:51]  ¹² tn Grk “judge.”

[7:51]  ¹³ tn Grk “knows.”

[7:51]  ¹⁴ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “does it?”).