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Psalms 82:2

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— How long will you judge unjustly And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? [Selah]
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the person of the wicked? Selah.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? [Selah.]
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— How long will yee iudge vniustly: and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— How long will you judge unjustly, and be partial to the wicked?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the persons of sinners? Pause.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
How long x5704
(5704) Complement
עַד
`ad
{ad}
Properly the same as H5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjugation; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with).
x4970
(4970) Complement
מָתַי
mathay
{maw-thah'ee}
From an unused root meaning to extend; properly extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particles prefixed), when (either relative or interrogitive).
will ye judge 8199
{8199} Prime
שָׁפַט
shaphat
{shaw-fat'}
A primitive root; to judge, that is, pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication to vindicate or punish; by extension to govern; passively to litigate (literally or figuratively).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
unjustly, 5766
{5766} Prime
עֶוֶל
`evel
{eh'-vel}
From H5765; (moral) evil.
and accept 5375
{5375} Prime
נָשָׂא
nasa'
{naw-saw'}
A primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, absolutely and relatively.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
the persons 6440
{6440} Prime
פָּנִים
paniym
{paw-neem'}
Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun (פָּנֶה paneh, {paw-neh'}; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.).
of the wicked? 7563
{7563} Prime
רָשָׁע
rasha`
{raw-shaw'}
From H7561; morally wrong; concretely an (actively) bad person.
Selà סֶלָה. 5542
{5542} Prime
סֶלָה
celah
{seh'-law}
From H5541; suspension (of music), that is, pause.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 82:2

_ _ accept the persons — literally, “lift up the faces,” that is, from dejection, or admit to favor and communion, regardless of merit (Leviticus 19:15; Proverbs 18:5).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 82:1-5.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 82:2

How long — The psalmist speaks to them in God's name. Accept — By giving sentence according to your respect or affection to the person.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 82:2

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the (b) wicked? Selah.

(b) For thieves and murderers find favour in judgment when the cause of the godly cannot be heard.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
How:

Psalms 62:3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall [shall ye be, and as] a tottering fence.
Exodus 10:3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
1 Kings 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD [be] God, follow him: but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
Matthew 17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

judge:

Psalms 58:1-2 [[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.]] Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? ... Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
Exodus 23:6-7 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. ... Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Leviticus 19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Micah 3:1-3 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; [Is it] not for you to know judgment? ... Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Micah 3:9-12 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. ... Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

accept:

Deuteronomy 1:17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it.
2 Chronicles 19:7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do [it]: for [there is] no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
Job 34:19 [How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.
Proverbs 18:5 [It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Galatians 2:6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed [to be somewhat] in conference added nothing to me:
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ex 10:3; 23:6. Lv 19:15. Dt 1:17. 1K 18:21. 2Ch 19:7. Jb 34:19. Ps 58:1; 62:3. Pv 18:5. Mi 3:1, 9. Mt 17:17. Ga 2:6.

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