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Proverbs 28:21

NETBible	To show partiality¹ is terrible,² for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 28:21	To show partiality is not good—yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 28:21	To show partiality is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 28:21	Showing partiality is never good, yet some will do wrong for something as small as a piece of bread.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 28:21	Playing favorites is always a bad thing; you can do great harm in seemingly harmless ways.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 28:21	It is not good to have respect for a man’s position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 28:21	To show partiality is not good—yet for a piece of bread a person may do wrong.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 28:21	To show partiality is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
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KJV	To have respect <05234> (8687) of persons <06440> [is] not good <02896>_: for for a piece <06595> of bread <03899> [that] man <01397> will transgress <06586> (8799)_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 28:21	To show <05234> partiality <05234> <6440> is not good <02896> , Because <05921> for a piece <06595> of bread <03899> a man <01397> will transgress <06586> .
LXXM	(35:21) ov <3739> R-NSM ouk <3364> ADV aiscunetai <153> V-PMI-3S proswpa <4383> N-APN dikaiwn <1342> A-GPM ouk <3364> ADV agayov <18> A-NSM o <3588> T-NSM toioutov <5108> A-NSM qwmou {N-GSM} artou <740> N-GSM apodwsetai <591> V-FMI-3S andra <435> N-ASM
NET [draft] ITL	To show partiality <05234> is terrible <02896> <03808> , for a person <01397> will transgress <06586> over <05921> the smallest piece <06595> of bread <03899> .
HEBREW	rbg <01397> espy <06586> Mxl <03899> tp <06595> lew <05921> bwj <02896> al <03808> Mynp <06440> rkh (28:21) <05234>

NETBible

To show partiality¹ is terrible,² for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.³

NET Notes

¹tn The construction uses the Hiphil infinitive הַכֵּר (hakken) as the subject of the sentence: “to have respect for [or, recognize] persons is not good” (e.g., 24:23; 18:5; Deut 1:17; Lev 19:15). Such favoritism is “not good”; instead, it is a miscarriage of justice and is to be avoided.

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

³tn The meaning and connection of the line is not readily clear. It could be taken in one of two ways: (1) a person can steal even a small piece of bread if hungry, and so the court should show some compassion, or it should show no partiality even in such a pathetic case; (2) a person could be bribed for a very small price (a small piece of bread being the figure representing this). This second view harmonizes best with the law.