Exodus 23:8
“¶ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the words of the righteous.”
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Exodus 23:8 Context
6Thou shalt not wrest the iudgement of thy poore in his cause. 7Keepe thee farre from a false matter: and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not iustifie the wicked. 8¶ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the words of the righteous. 9¶ Also thou shalt not oppresse a stranger: for yee know the heart of a stranger, seeing yee were strangers in the land of Egypt. 10And sixe yeres thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruites thereof:
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And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- King James Version
"You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
- Basic English Bible
And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Darby Bible
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Webster's Bible
You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
- World English Bible
`And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-[eyed], and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible