John 7:24
22 But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
23 If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?
Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
26 Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
- KJV
- Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
- WEB
- Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
- ASV
- Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
- DARBY
- Judge not according to sight, but judge righteous judgment.
- BLB
- Do not judge according to appearance, but judge the righteous judgment.”
- ÅB
- Døm ikke etter synet, men døm en rettferdig dom!
- OTB
- Døm ikke etter det ytre, men døm med rettferdig dom.»
- B1930
- Døm ikke efter synet, men døm en rettferdig dom!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 11:3–4
And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
Read in contextJames 2:9
But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Read in contextProverbs 17:15
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
Read in contextJohn 8:15
You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
Read in contextProverbs 24:23
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Read in contextJames 2:1
My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:23
who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 16:18–19
You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
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