John 7:24
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
John 7:24 in other translations
| BSB | Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.” |
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| WEB | Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” |
| ASV | Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment. |
| YLT | judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.' |
| DARBY | Judge not according to sight, but judge righteous judgment. |
| BBE | Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness. |
| Webster | Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. |
What does John 7:24 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 7:21-24
21-24. I have done one work, &c.--Taking no notice of the popular appeal, as there were those there who knew well enough what He meant, He recalls His cure of the impotent man, and the murderous rage it had kindled (Joh 5:9, 16, 18). It may seem strange that He should refer to an event a year and a half old, as if but newly done. But their present attempt "to kill Him" brought up the past scene vividly, not only to…
Barnes' Notes
Judge righteous judgment. Candidly; looking at the law, and inquiring what its spirit really requires.
(t) "judge" De 1:16,17
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 7:14-24
Every faithful minister may humbly adopt Christ's words. His doctrine is not his own finding out, but is from God's word, through the teaching of his Spirit. And amidst the disputes which disturb the world, if any man, of any nation, seeks to do the will of God, he shall know whether the doctrine is of God, or whether men speak of themselves. Only those who hate the truth shall be given up to errors which will be…
John 7:24 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 7:24
- Isaiah 11:3-4
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
- James 2:9
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
- Proverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
- John 8:15
Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
- Proverbs 24:23
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
- James 2:1
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
- Isaiah 5:23
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
- Deuteronomy 16:18-19
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 1:16-17
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. 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.
- 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.
- James 2:4
Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
- Psalms 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
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Context
- John 7:23
If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
- John 7:24
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
- John 7:25
Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
John 7:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No juzguéis según lo que parece, mas juzgad justo juicio. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ne jugez pas sur l’apparence, mais portez un jugement juste. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Richtet nicht nach dem Schein, sondern richtet ein gerechtes Gericht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nolite judicare secundum faciem, sed justum judicium judicate. |