and you must not show partiality ¹  to a poor man in his lawsuit.

biblegateway Exo 23:3

nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his dispute.

Do not show favoritism to a poor person in his lawsuit.

Never give special favors to poor people in court.

biblegateway Exo 23:3

and do not show favouritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.

nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.

bibleoremus Exo 23:3

nor shall you be partial to the poor in a lawsuit.

nor should you show favouritism to a poor person in his lawsuit.

biblegateway Exo 23:3

"You shall not show partiality to a poor man in his dispute.

Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

biblegateway Exo 23:3

and you must not show partiality ¹  to a poor man in his lawsuit.

¹ tn The point here is one of false sympathy and honor, the bad sense of the word הָדַר (hadar; see S. R. Driver, Exodus, 237).