Exodus 23:8

NETBible

“You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see 1  and subverts the words of the righteous.

NIV ©

"Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

NASB ©

"You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.

NLT ©

"Take no bribes, for a bribe makes you ignore something that you clearly see. A bribe always hurts the cause of the person who is in the right.

MSG ©

"Don't take bribes. Bribes blind perfectly good eyes and twist the speech of good people.

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.

NRSV ©

You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

NKJV ©

"And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

KJV
And thou shalt take
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no gift
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for the gift
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blindeth
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the wise
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and perverteth
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the words
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of the righteous
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{the wise: Heb. the seeing}
NASB ©
"You shall not take
<3947>
a bribe
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, for a bribe
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blinds
<5786>
the clear-sighted
<6493>
and subverts
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the cause
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of the just
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.
LXXM
kai
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CONJ
dwra
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N-APN
ou
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ADV
lhmqh
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V-FMI-2S
ta
<3588> 
T-NPN
gar
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PRT
dwra
<1435> 
N-NPN
ektufloi {V-PAI-3S} ofyalmouv
<3788> 
N-APM
blepontwn
<991> 
V-PAPGP
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
lumainetai {V-PMI-3S} rhmata
<4487> 
N-APN
dikaia
<1342> 
A-APN
NET [draft] ITL
“You must not
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accept
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a bribe
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, for
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a bribe
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blinds
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those who see
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and subverts
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the words
<01697>
of the righteous
<06662>
.
HEBREW
Myqydu
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yrbd
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Ployw
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Myxqp
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rwey
<05786>
dxsh
<07810>
yk
<03588>
xqt
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al
<03808>
dxsw (23:8)
<07810>
NETBible

“You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see 1  and subverts the words of the righteous.

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “blinds the open-eyed.”