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Exodus 23:7

NETBible	Keep your distance¹ from a false charge² – do not kill the innocent and the righteous,³ for I will not justify the wicked.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Exo 23:7	Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.
NASB © biblegateway Exo 23:7	"Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.
NLT © biblegateway Exo 23:7	"Keep far away from falsely charging anyone with evil. Never put an innocent or honest person to death. I will not allow anyone guilty of this to go free.
MSG © biblegateway Exo 23:7	"Stay clear of false accusations. Don't contribute to the death of innocent and good people. I don't let the wicked off the hook.
BBE © SABDAweb Exo 23:7	Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.
NRSV © bibleoremus Exo 23:7	Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty.
NKJV © biblegateway Exo 23:7	"Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.
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KJV	Keep thee far <07368> (8799) from a false <08267> matter <01697>_; and the innocent <05355> and righteous <06662> slay <02026> (8799) thou not: for I will not justify <06663> (8686) the wicked <07563>_.
NASB © biblegateway Exo 23:7	"Keep <07368> far <07368> from a false <08267> charge <01697> , and do not kill <02026> the innocent <05355> or the righteous <06662> , for I will not acquit <06663> the guilty <07563> .
LXXM	apo <575> PREP pantov <3956> A-GSN rhmatov <4487> N-GSN adikou <94> A-GSN aposthsh {V-FMI-2S} aywon <121> A-ASM kai <2532> CONJ dikaion <1342> A-ASM ouk <3364> ADV apokteneiv <615> V-FAI-2S kai <2532> CONJ ou <3364> ADV dikaiwseiv <1344> V-FAI-2S ton <3588> T-ASM asebh <765> A-ASM eneken {PREP} dwrwn <1435> N-GPN
NET [draft] ITL	Keep <07368> your distance <07368> from a false <08267> charge <01697> – do not <0408> kill <02026> the innocent <05355> and the righteous <06662> , for <03588> I will not <03808> justify <06663> the wicked <07563> .
HEBREW	esr <07563> qydua <06663> al <03808> yk <03588> grht <02026> la <0408> qyduw <06662> yqnw <05355> qxrt <07368> rqs <08267> rbdm (23:7) <01697>

NETBible

Keep your distance¹ from a false charge² – do not kill the innocent and the righteous,³ for I will not justify the wicked.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Or “stay away from,” or “have nothing to do with.”

²tn Heb “a false matter,” this expression in this context would have to be a case in law that was false or that could only be won by falsehood.

³tn The two clauses probably should be related: the getting involved in the false charge could lead to the death of an innocent person (so, e.g., Naboth in 1 Kgs 21:10-13).

⁴sn God will not declare right the one who is in the wrong. Society should also be consistent, but it cannot see the intents and motives, as God can.