Potts(1905-1910) 9247
9247. THE INTERNAL SENSE. Verses 1-3. Thou shalt not take up a report of emptiness.* Put not thy hand with the wicked to be a witness of violence. Thou shalt not be after many to do evils; and thou shalt not answer upon a cause to turn aside after many to pervert it; and thou shalt not reverence a poor man in his cause. "Thou shalt not take up a report of emptiness," signifies no listening to falsities; "put not thy hand with the wicked," signifies no obedience to malignities; "to be a witness of violence," signifies no affirmation of such things as are contrary to the good of charity; "thou shalt not be after many to do evils," signifies no association with such things; "and thou shalt not answer upon a cause to turn aside after many to pervert it," signifies no association with those who turn goods and truths into evils and falsities, and conversely; "and thou shalt not reverence a poor man in his cause," signifies that no favor is to be shown to the falsities in which are those who are in ignorance of truth. * That is, an empty or false report. [Reviser.]
Elliott(1983-1999) 9247
9247. THE INTERNAL SENSE
Verses 1-3 You shall not take up a report of vanitya; do not put your hand with the wicked to be a witness of violence.b You shall not follow a multitude into evil things;c and you shall not respondd in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert [justice]. And you shall not show partiality towardse a poor man in his dispute.
'You shall not take up a report of vanity' means not listening to false ideas. 'Do not put your hand with the wicked' means not obeying malevolent feelings. 'To be a witness of violence' means not affirming such things as are contrary to the good of charity. 'You shall not follow a multitude into evil things' means not being associated with such things. 'And you shall not respond in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert [justice]' means not being associated with those who turn forms of good and truths into falsities and evils, and vice versa. 'And you shall not show partiality towards a poor man in his dispute' means that no favour must be shown towards the falsities that exist with those who have no knowledge of truth.
Latin(1748-1756) 9247
9247. SENSUS INTERNUS{1} @1 i COMMUNIS$Vers. 1-3. Non feres famam vanitatis; ne ponas manum tuam cum improbo ad esse testis violentiae. Non eris post multos ad mala; et non respondebis super lite ad declinandum post multos ad pervertendum. Et pauperem non revereberis in lite ejus. `Non feres famam vanitatis' significat non auscultationem falsitatum: `ne ponas manum cum improbo' significat non oboedientiam malignitatum: `ad esse testis violentiae' significat non affirmationem talium quae contra bonum charitatis: `non eris post multos ad mala' significat non consociationem cum talibus: `et non respondebis super lite ad declinandum post multos ad pervertendum' significat non consociationem cum illis qui bona et vera vertunt in falsa et mala, ac vicissim: `et pauperem non revereberis in lite sua' significat quod non favendum falsis, in quibus sunt qui in ignorantia veri.