Proverbs 28:21
Compared across 30 translations
English
To have regard for one person over another and to show favoritism is not good,Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Playing favorites is always a bad thing; you can do great harm in seemingly harmless ways.
To [h]show partiality is not good,Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
Favoring one person over another is not good. But a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.
To show partiality is not good— yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.
To show partiality is not good – yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.
Showing partiality is never good, yet some will do wrong for a mere piece of bread.
Arabic
الْمُحَابَاةُ نَقِيصَةٌ، وَمِنْ أَجْلِ كِسْرَةِ خُبْزٍ يَرْتَكِبُ الإِنْسَانُ الإِسَاءَةَ.
Danish
Partiskhed i retten er altid af det onde, og nogle kan bestikkes bare med et stykke brød.
German
Es ist nicht gut, parteiisch zu sein; aber manch einer lässt sich schon für einen Bissen Brot zum Unrecht verleiten!
Spanish
No es correcto mostrarse parcial con nadie. Hay quienes pecan hasta por un mendrugo de pan.
No es correcto mostrarse parcial con nadie. Hay quienes pecan hasta por un mendrugo de pan.
French
Celui qui est partial n’agit pas bien,et pourtant, un homme est capable de faire le mal pour une bouchée de pain.
Hiligaynon
Indi maayo kon may pinilian ka. Pero may mga tawo nga nagahimo sini tungod kay nadala sila sa lagay, bisan gamay lang ini.
Japanese
金持ちをえこひいきするのは、一切れのパン欲しさにたましいを売り渡すことです。
Korean
불공평한 처사가 좋은 것이 아닌데도 사람은 빵 한 조각에 잘못을 저지르고 만다.
nl
Partijdig zijn is niet goed, maar al voor een stuk brood is men ertoe bereid.
Portuguese
Agir com parcialidade não é bom;pois até por um pedaço de pão o homem se dispõe a fazer o mal.
A parcialidade é coisa condenável;até pelo pão para a boca, as pessoas são capazes de cometer injustiças.
Romanian
Nu este bine să fii părtinitor – chiar şi pentru o bucată de pâine omul poate să păcătuiască.
Russian
Проявлять лицеприятие нехорошо, но некоторые люди готовы сделать зло даже за кусок лепёшки.
Проявлять лицеприятие нехорошо, но некоторые люди готовы сделать зло даже за кусок лепёшки.
Проявлять лицеприятие нехорошо, но некоторые люди готовы сделать зло даже за кусок лепёшки.
Проявлять лицеприятие нехорошо,но и за кусок хлеба человек может сделать зло.
Swedish
Det är inte rätt att vara partisk, men ändå gör många orätt för en bit bröd.
Thai
การลำเอียงเป็นสิ่งไม่ดีถึงกระนั้นก็ยังมีคนยอมทำผิดเพื่อแลกกับเศษอาหาร
zh-Hant
徇私偏袒實不可取, 人卻為一餅而枉法。