| Isaiah 5:23 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right! (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | who declare the guilty innocent for a bribe, who take away the rights of righteous people.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! |
| ASV: | that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! |
| BBE: | Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him. |
| DBY: | who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them! |
| ERV: | which justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! |
| JPS: | That justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! |
| WBS: | Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! |
| WEB: | who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent! |
| YLT: | Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him. |
| Isaiah 5:23 Cross References |
| XREF: | Exodus 23:8 "You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.
Psalm 94:21 They band themselves together against the life of the righteous And condemn the innocent to death.
Isaiah 1:23 Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe And chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, Nor does the widow's plea come before them.
Isaiah 10:1 Woe to those who enact evil statutes And to those who constantly record unjust decisions,
Isaiah 10:2 So as to deprive the needy of justice And rob the poor of My people of their rights, So that widows may be their spoil And that they may plunder the orphans.
Micah 3:11 Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe, Her priests instruct for a price And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the LORD saying, "Is not the LORD in our midst? Calamity will not come upon us."
Micah 7:3 Concerning evil, both hands do it well. The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe, And a great man speaks the desire of his soul; So they weave it together.
James 5:6 You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| WES: | 5:23 Take away - Pronounce sentence against him. |
| MHC: | 5:8-23 Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purchase another; but the fault is, that they never know when they have enough. Covetousness is idolatry; and while many envy the prosperous, wretched man, the Lord denounces awful woes upon him. How applicable to many among us! God has many ways to empty the most populous cities. Those who set their hearts upon the world, will justly be disappointed. Here is woe to those who dote upon the pleasures and the delights of sense. The use of music is lawful; but when it draws away the heart from God, then it becomes a sin to us. God's judgments have seized them, but they will not disturb themselves in their pleasures. The judgments are declared. Let a man be ever so high, death will bring him low; ever so mean, death will bring him lower. The fruit of these judgments shall be, that God will be glorified as a God of power. Also, as a God that is holy; he shall be owned and declared to be so, in the righteous punishment of proud men. Those are in a woful condition who set up sin, and who exert themselves to gratify their base lusts. They are daring in sin, and walk after their own lusts; it is in scorn that they call God the Holy One of Israel. They confound and overthrow distinctions between good and evil. They prefer their own reasonings to Divine revelations; their own devices to the counsels and commands of God. They deem it prudent and politic to continue profitable sins, and to neglect self-denying duties. Also, how light soever men make of drunkenness, it is a sin which lays open to the wrath and curse of God. Their judges perverted justice. Every sin needs some other to conceal it. |
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