Deuteronomy 1:17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
KJV
Nulla erit distantia personarum : ita parvum audietis ut magnum, nec accipietis cujusquam personam, quia Dei judicium est. Quod si difficile vobis visum aliquid fuerit, referte ad me, et ego audiam.
Vulgate
οὐκ ἐπιγνώσῃ πρόσωπον ἐν κρίσει· κατὰ τὸν μικρὸν καὶ κατὰ τὸν μέγαν κρινεῖς, οὐ μὴ ὑποστείλῃ πρόσωπον ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι ἡ κρίσις τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστίν· καὶ τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐὰν σκληρὸν ᾖ ἀφ’ ὑμῶν, ἀνοίσετε αὐτὸ ἐπ’ ἐμέ, καὶ ἀκούσομαι ὑμῶν.
LXX
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.
ASV
לֹֽא תַכִּ֨ירוּ פָנִ֜ים בַּ/מִּשְׁפָּ֗ט כַּ/קָּטֹ֤ן כַּ/גָּדֹל֙ תִּשְׁמָע֔וּ/ן לֹ֤א תָג֨וּרוּ֙ מִ/פְּנֵי אִ֔ישׁ כִּ֥י הַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֖ט לֵ/אלֹהִ֣ים ה֑וּא וְ/הַ/דָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִקְשֶׁ֣ה מִ/כֶּ֔ם תַּקְרִב֥וּ/ן אֵלַ֖/י וּ/שְׁמַעְתִּֽי/ו
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 1:17 — And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
- 1Sam 2:25 — If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the
- 1Sam 16:7 — But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance,
- 1Thess 2:4 — But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
- 2Chr 19:6 — And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
- 2Chr 19:6 — And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
- 2Sam 14:14 — For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from hi
- Col 3:25 — But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
- Col 3:25 — But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
- Deut 10:17 — For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
- Deut 16:19 — Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- Deut 17:8 — If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou ari
- Deut 24:17 — Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
- Eph 6:9 — And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
- Exod 18:22 — And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they
- Exod 18:22 — And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they
- Exod 18:26 — And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
- Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
- Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
- Exod 23:3 — Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
- Exod 23:6 — Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
- Jas 2:1 — My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
- Jas 2:1 — My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
- Jas 2:9 — But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
- Job 32:21 — Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
- John 7:19 — Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
- John 7:51 — Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
- Lev 19:15 — 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 neighbour.
- Lev 19:15 — 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 neighbour.
- Luke 20:21 — And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
- Mal 2:9 — Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
- Mark 12:14 — And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to g
- Matt 22:16 — And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not
- Prov 22:22 — Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
- Prov 24:23 — These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
- Prov 24:23 — These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
- Prov 29:25 — The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
- Ps 82:2 — How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
- Rom 2:11 — For there is no respect of persons with God.