Proverbs 28:21

 

“To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.”
King James Version (KJV)


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Other Translations of Proverbs 28:21

To haue respect of persons, is not good: for, for a piece of bread that man will transgresse.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original Proverbs chapter 28

To show partiality is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.
- American Standard Version (1901)

It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.
- Basic English Bible

To have respect of persons is not good; but for a piece of bread will a man transgress.
- Darby Bible

He that hath respect to a person in judgment, doth not well: such a man even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the truth.
- Douay Rheims Bible

To have respect of persons is not good: for, for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
- Webster's Bible

To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
- World English Bible

To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
- Youngs Literal Bible

To have respect of persons is not good; for a man will transgress for a piece of bread.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible


 

Fred H's comment on 2014-01-16 21:41:00:

The man concerned with status will be the first to take a bribe or cheat for gain.

 


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