Deuteronomy 25:1
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Berean Study Bible
If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

Young's Literal Translation
‘When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
If
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

there is
יִהְיֶ֥ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a dispute
רִיב֙ (rîḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7379: Strife, dispute

between
בֵּ֣ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

men,
אֲנָשִׁ֔ים (’ă·nā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 582: Man, mankind

they are to go
וְנִגְּשׁ֥וּ (wə·nig·gə·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5066: To draw near, approach

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

court
הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט (ham·miš·pāṭ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

to be judged,
וּשְׁפָט֑וּם (ū·šə·p̄ā·ṭūm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

so that the innocent
הַצַּדִּ֔יק (haṣ·ṣad·dîq)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6662: Just, righteous

may be acquitted
וְהִצְדִּ֙יקוּ֙ (wə·hiṣ·dî·qū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6663: To be just or righteous

and the guilty
הָרָשָֽׁע׃ (hā·rā·šā‘)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

condemned.
וְהִרְשִׁ֖יעוּ (wə·hir·šî·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7561: To be, wrong, to disturb, violate

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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