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Source language
Original Greek   
Μὴ ὁ νόμος ἡμῶν κρίνει τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ ⸂πρῶτον παρʼ αὐτοῦ⸃ καὶ γνῷ τί ποιεῖ;
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
Me o nomos emon krinei ton anthropon ean me akouse [?]proton par' autou[?] kai gno ti poiei;

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
numquid lex nostra iudicat hominem nisi audierit ab ipso prius et cognoverit quid faciat

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Does our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he does?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Does our law judge any man, before it hears him, and knows what he does?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
Authorized (King James) Version   
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
New King James Version   
“Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”
21st Century King James Version   
“Doth our law judge any man before it hear him and know what he doeth?”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
“Does our Written Law condemn a man unless one shall hear him first and know what he has done?”
Darby Bible Translation   
Does our law judge a man before it have first heard from himself, and know what he does?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Doth our law judge any man, unless it first hear him, and know what he doth?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
“Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”
God's Word   
"Do Moses' Teachings enable us to judge a person without first hearing that person's side of the story? We can't judge a person without finding out what that person has done."
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Our law doesn't judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he's doing, does it?""
International Standard Version   
"Surely our Law does not condemn a person without first hearing from him and finding out what he is doing, does it?"
NET Bible   
"Our law doesn't condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?"
New American Standard Bible   
"Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?"
New International Version   
"Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?"
New Living Translation   
"Is it legal to convict a man before he is given a hearing?" he asked.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Doth our law judge any man before it heareth him, and knoweth what he doeth?
Weymouth New Testament   
"Does our Law," he asked, "judge a man without first hearing what he has to say and ascertaining what his conduct is?"
The World English Bible   
"Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?"
EasyEnglish Bible   
‘We must find out first what this man has done. Then we can decide if it is right to punish him. Our law says that we must listen to him first.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
`Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'
New Life Version   
“Our Law does not say a man is guilty before he has been in court and before we know what he has done.”
Revised Geneva Translation   
“Does our Law judge a man before it hears him, and knows what he has done?”
The Voice Bible   
Nicodemus: Does our law condemn someone without first giving him a fair hearing and learning something about him?
Living Bible   
“Is it legal to convict a man before he is even tried?” he asked.
New Catholic Bible   
“Does our Law allow us to pass judgment on someone without first giving him a hearing to ascertain what he is doing?”
Legacy Standard Bible   
“Does our Law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing?”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Does our law judge any man before it hears him and knows what he does?
Christian Standard Bible   
“Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Does our Law convict a man without giving him a hearing and finding out what he has done?
New Century Version   
“Our law does not judge a person without hearing him and knowing what he has done.”
The Message   
Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus earlier and was both a ruler and a Pharisee, spoke up. “Does our Law decide about a man’s guilt without first listening to him and finding out what he is doing?”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
“Does our law condemn a man before we hear from him and find out what he’s doing?”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
“Surely our law does not · judge a man unless it first hears from him and finds out what he is doing, does it?”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?”
New Matthew Bible   
Does our law judge any man before it hears him and knows what he has done?
Good News Translation®   
“According to our Law we cannot condemn people before hearing them and finding out what they have done.”
Wycliffe Bible   
Whether our law deemeth a man, but it have first heard of him [no but first it hear of him], and know what he doeth?
New Testament for Everyone   
“Our law doesn’t condemn a man, does it, unless first you hear his side of the story and find out what he’s doing?”
Contemporary English Version   
“Our Law doesn't let us condemn people before we hear what they have to say. We cannot judge them before we know what they have done.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
One of their number, Nicodemus (the one who had previously been to see Jesus), remarked to them, “But surely our Law does not condemn the accused without hearing what he has to say, and finding out what he has done?”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
“Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
‘Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?’
Common English Bible © 2011   
“Our Law doesn’t judge someone without first hearing him and learning what he is doing, does it?”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“Does our Law convict someone without first giving him a hearing and finding out what he is [accused of] doing?”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
“Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
“Does our law condemn a person before it first hears him and finds out what he is doing?”
New American Standard Bible   
“Our Law does not judge the person unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?”
The Expanded Bible   
“·Our law does not [L Does our law…?] judge a person without hearing him and knowing what he has done.”
Tree of Life Version   
“Our Torah doesn’t judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”
Revised Standard Version   
“Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”
New International Reader's Version   
“Does our law find a man guilty without hearing him first? Doesn’t it want to find out what he is doing?”
BRG Bible   
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
Complete Jewish Bible   
“Our Torah doesn’t condemn a man — does it? — until after hearing from him and finding out what he’s doing.”
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
He said, `Is it right to judge any man by our law before we hear him and learn what he has done?'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
‘Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Surely Torateinu (Our Torah) judges not the Man unless it hears first from the Man himself and has da’as of what he does, does it? [Dt 1:16; 17:6; Ex 23:1]
Names of God Bible   
“Do Moses’ Teachings enable us to judge a person without first hearing that person’s side of the story? We can’t judge a person without finding out what that person has done.”
Modern English Version   
“Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”
Easy-to-Read Version   
“Our law will not let us judge anyone without first hearing them and finding out what they have done.”
International Children’s Bible   
“Our law does not judge a man without hearing him. We cannot judge him until we know what he has done.”
Lexham English Bible   
“Our law does not condemn a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?”
New International Version - UK   
‘Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?’
Disciples Literal New Testament   
“Our Law does not judge the person unless it first hears from him, and knows what he is doing, does it ?”