ESV: who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.
NIV: those who with a word make someone out to be guilty, who ensnare the defender in court and with false testimony deprive the innocent of justice.
NASB: Who cause a person to be indicted by a word, And set a trap for the arbitrator at the gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.
CSB: those who, with their speech, accuse a person of wrongdoing, who set a trap for the one mediating at the city gate and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.
NLT: Those who convict the innocent by their false testimony will disappear. A similar fate awaits those who use trickery to pervert justice and who tell lies to destroy the innocent.
KJV: That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
NKJV: Who make a man an offender by a word, And lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, And turn aside the just by empty words.
