4Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.


In Context

1 The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

2 By the transgression of a land many are its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right — it is prolonged.

3 A man — poor and oppressing the weak, Is a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

4 Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.

5 Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.

6 Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

Proverbs 28:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:4They that forsake the law, praise the wicked man: they that keep it, are incensed against him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.