Exodus 23:8
American King James Version (AKJV)
And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Berean Study Bible (BSB)
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
Bible in Basic English (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.
Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)
Neither shall you accept bribes, which blind even the prudent and subvert the words of the just.
Darby Bible (DBY)
And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Douay–Rheims Version (DRV)
Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And thou shalt take no gift: for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Free Bible Version (FBV)
Don't accept bribes, for a bribe blinds those who can see, and undermines the evidence of the honest.
JPS Tanakh 1917 Old Testament / Weymouth New Testament (JPS / WNT)
And thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
King James Version (KJV)
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
New Heart English Bible (NHEB)
“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
Webster Bible (Webster)
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
World English Bible (WEB)
|You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBB)
“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open -eyed, and perverteth the words of the righteous.