Exodus 23:8

NETBible	“You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see¹ and subverts the words of the righteous.
NIV © biblegateway Exo 23:8	"Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
NASB © biblegateway Exo 23:8	"You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.
NLT © biblegateway Exo 23:8	"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 © biblegateway Exo 23:8	"Don't take bribes. Bribes blind perfectly good eyes and twist the speech of good people.
BBE © SABDAweb Exo 23:8	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 © bibleoremus Exo 23:8	You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
NKJV © biblegateway Exo 23:8	"And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.
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KJV	And thou shalt take <03947> (8799) no gift <07810>_: for the gift <07810> blindeth <05786> (8762) the wise <06493>_, and perverteth <05557> (8762) the words <01697> of the righteous <06662>_. {the wise: Heb. the seeing}
NASB © biblegateway Exo 23:8	"You shall not take <03947> a bribe <07810> , for a bribe <07810> blinds <05786> the clear-sighted <06493> and subverts <05557> the cause <01697> of the just <06662> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ dwra <1435> N-APN ou <3364> ADV lhmqh <2983> V-FMI-2S ta <3588> T-NPN gar <1063> 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 <03808> accept <03947> a bribe <07810> , for <03588> a bribe <07810> blinds <05786> those who see <06493> and subverts <05557> the words <01697> of the righteous <06662> .
HEBREW	Myqydu <06662> yrbd <01697> Ployw <05557> Myxqp <06493> rwey <05786> dxsh <07810> yk <03588> xqt <03947> al <03808> dxsw (23:8) <07810>


NETBible	“You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see¹ and subverts the words of the righteous.
NET Notes	¹tn Heb “blinds the open-eyed.”