Text -- Proverbs 24:23 (NET)

Further Sayings of the Wise

24:23 These sayings also are from the wise: To show partiality in judgment is terrible:

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 24:23

¹ tn Heb “to recognize faces”; KJV, ASV “to have respect of persons”; NLT “to show favoritism.”

² tn Heb “not good.” This is a figure known as tapeinosis – a deliberate understatement to emphasize a worst-case scenario: “it is terrible!”