The Meaning of Proverbs 24:23 Explained

Proverbs 24:23

KJV: These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

YLT: These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good.

Darby: These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

ASV: These also are'sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

These [things] also [belong] to the wise.  [It is] not good  to have respect  of persons  in judgment. 

What does Proverbs 24:23 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 24

1  Precepts and Warnings

What do the individual words in Proverbs 24:23 mean?

Also these [things belong] to the wise To show partiality of persons in judgment not [it is] good
גַּם־ אֵ֥לֶּה לַֽחֲכָמִ֑ים הַֽכֵּר־ פָּנִ֖ים בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט בַּל־ טֽוֹב

גַּם־  Also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
אֵ֥לֶּה  these  [things  belong] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
לַֽחֲכָמִ֑ים  to  the  wise 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: חָכָם  
Sense: wise, wise (man).
הַֽכֵּר־  To  show  partiality 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Infinitive absolute
Root: נָכַר 
Sense: to recognise, acknowledge, know, respect, discern, regard.
פָּנִ֖ים  of  persons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט  in  judgment 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
טֽוֹב  [it  is]  good 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.