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Theseאֵלֶּהalsoגַּםare of the wise.לַחֲכָמִיםTo recognizeהַכֵּרfacesפָּנִיםin judgmentבְּמִשְׁפָּטis notבַּלgood.טוֹב
Proverbs 24:23
Study it in the app“These also are of the wise. To recognize faces in judgment is not good.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 24:23, word by word
- are of the wiseחֲכָמִיםchachamim
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamim” appears- To recognizeהַכֵּרhaker
recognize
To realize who someone is, or notice them.
Where else “haker” appears- facesפָּנִיםpanim
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panim” appears- in judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
judgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpat” appears- is notבַּלbal
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “bal” appears- goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears
Translation note
Here a short collection begins (“These also are of the wise,” 24:23-34). “To recognize faces”: to favor someone because of who he is.
The context
22for suddenly their calamity will arise, and the ruin of them both, who knows it?
23 · This verse (above)
24Whoever says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” peoples will curse him, nations will be indignant with him;