New International Versionthose who with a word make someone out to be guilty, who ensnare the defender in court and with false testimony deprive the innocent of justice.
New Living TranslationThose who convict the innocent by their false testimony will disappear. A similar fate awaits those who use trickery to pervert justice and who tell lies to destroy the innocent.
English Standard Versionwho by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.
Berean Standard Biblethose who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
King James BibleThat make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
New King James VersionWho make a man an offender by a word, And lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, And turn aside the just by empty words.
New American Standard BibleWho cause a person to be indicted by a word, And set a trap for the arbitrator at the gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.
NASB 1995Who cause a person to be indicted by a word, And ensnare him who adjudicates at the gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.
NASB 1977Who cause a person to be indicted by a word, And ensnare him who adjudicates at the gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.
Legacy Standard BibleWho cause a person to sin by a word, And ensnare him who reproves at the gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.
Amplified BibleThose who cause a person to be condemned with a [false] word, And lay a trap for him who upholds justice at the [city] gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.
Christian Standard Biblethose who, with their speech, accuse a person of wrongdoing, who set a trap for the one mediating at the city gate and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.
Holman Christian Standard Biblethose who, with their speech, accuse a person of wrongdoing, who set a trap at the gate for the mediator, and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.
American Standard Versionthat make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.
Contemporary English Versiontogether with everyone who tells lies in court and keeps innocent people from getting a fair trial.
English Revised Versionthat make a man an offender in a cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.
GOD'S WORD® Translationthose who make people sin with words, those who lay traps for judges, those who, without any reason, deny justice to people who are in the right.
Good News TranslationGod will destroy those who slander others, those who prevent the punishment of criminals, and those who tell lies to keep honest people from getting justice.
International Standard Versionthose who make a person appear to be the offender in a lawsuit, who set a trap for someone who is making his defense in court, and push aside the innocent with specious arguments.
NET Biblethose who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.
New Heart English Biblewho cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.
Webster's Bible TranslationThat make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of naught.
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard Biblethose who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
World English Biblewho cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for one who reproves in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard VersionWho cause men to sin in word, "" And lay a snare for a reprover in the gate, "" And turn aside the righteous into emptiness.
Young's Literal Translation Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.
Smith's Literal TranslationLeading a man into sin by a word, and laying snares for him doing justice in the gate, and they will turn aside the just one by vanity.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims BibleThat made men sin by word, and supplanted him that reproved them in the gate, and declined in vain from the just.
Catholic Public Domain VersionFor they caused men to sin by a word, and they supplanted him who argued against them at the gates, and they turned away from justice in vain.
New American Biblethose who condemn with a mere word, Who ensnare the defender at the gate, and leave the just with an empty claim.
New Revised Standard Versionthose who cause a person to lose a lawsuit, who set a trap for the arbiter in the gate, and without grounds deny justice to the one in the right.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa BibleThose who cause men to sin by the word, and lay a snare for him that reproves, and turn aside the righteous into darkness.
Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedAnd they who cause a person to sin by a word, and they lay a stumbling block for him who corrects, and they turn aside the righteous one into darkness
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917That make a man an offender by words, And lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, And turn aside the just with a thing of nought.
Brenton Septuagint Translationand they that cause men to sin by a word: and men shall make all that reprove in the gates an offence, because they have unjustly turned aside the righteous.
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