If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Lorsque des hommes, ayant entre eux une querelle, se présenteront en justice pour être jugés, on absoudra l'innocent, et l'on condamnera le coupable.
KJV
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 164 (Migne)
quem justum esse prospexerint, illius justitiae palmam dabunt: quem impium condemnabunt impietatis (Deut. XXV, 1) .» Et nota quod ipsi victoriae justum comparavit, ut ejus laudem amplius extolleret. Floret igitur, clarescit, et gloriatur quasi palma justus, quia de omnibus suis…
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