Exodus 23:8 | |
NASB: "You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just. (NASB ©1995) GWT: Never take a bribe, because bribes blind those who can see and deny justice to those who are in the right. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. ASV: And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous. BBE: Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false. DBY: And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous. JPS: And thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous. WBS: And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. WEB: "You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous. YLT: 'And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open -[eyed], and perverteth the words of the righteous. | |
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