Verse Comparison: Proverbs 28:4
American Standard Version
They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.
Amplified® Bible
Those who forsake the law [of God and man] praise the wicked, but those who keep the law [of God and man] contend with them.
Contemporary English Version
Lawbreakers praise criminals, but law-abiding citizens always oppose them.
Darby English Version
They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.
Good News Bible
If you have no regard for the law, you are on the side of the wicked; but if you obey it, you are against them.
King James Version
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
New American Standard Bible
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But those who keep the law strive with them.
New International Version
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law resist them.
New King James Version
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
But such as keep the law contend with them.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But those who keep the law strive with them.
Revised Standard Version
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them.
Young's Literal Translation
Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.
