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Proverbs 28:5

NETBible	Evil people¹ do not understand justice,² but those who seek the Lord³ understand it all.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 28:5	Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 28:5	Evil men do not understand justice, But those who seek the LORD understand all things.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 28:5	Evil people don’t understand justice, but those who follow the LORD understand completely.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 28:5	Justice makes no sense to the evilminded; those who seek GOD know it inside and out.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 28:5	Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 28:5	The evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 28:5	Evil men do not understand justice, But those who seek the LORD understand all.
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KJV	Evil <07451> men <0582> understand <0995> (8799) not judgment <04941>_: but they that seek <01245> (8764) the LORD <03068> understand <0995> (8799) all [things].
NASB © biblegateway Pro 28:5	Evil <07451> men <0376> do not understand <0995> justice <04941> , But those who seek <01245> the LORD <03068> understand <0995> all <03605> things <03605> .
LXXM	(35:5) andrev <435> N-NPM kakoi <2556> A-NPM ou <3364> ADV nohsousin <3539> V-FAI-3P krima <2917> N-ASN oi <3588> T-NPM de <1161> PRT zhtountev <2212> V-PAPNP ton <3588> T-ASM kurion <2962> N-ASM sunhsousin <4920> V-FAI-3P en <1722> PREP panti <3956> A-DSM
NET [draft] ITL	Evil <07451> people <0582> do not <03808> understand <0995> justice <04941> , but those who seek <01245> the Lord <03069> understand <0995> it all <03605> .
HEBREW	lk <03605> wnyby <0995> hwhy <03069> ysqbmw <01245> jpsm <04941> wnyby <0995> al <03808> er <07451> ysna (28:5) <0582>

NETBible

Evil people¹ do not understand justice,² but those who seek the Lord³ understand it all.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “men of evil”; the context does not limit this to males only, however.

²tn The term translated “justice” is מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat); it refers to the legal rights of people, decisions that are equitable in the community. W. G. Plaut observes that there are always those who think that “justice” is that which benefits them, otherwise it is not justice (Proverbs, 282).

³sn The contrast (and the difference) is between the wicked and those who seek the Lord. Originally the idea of seeking the Lord meant to obtain an oracle (2 Sam 21:1), but then it came to mean devotion to God – seeking to learn and do his will. Only people who are interested in doing the Lord’s will can fully understand justice. Without that standard, legal activity can become self-serving.