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Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely ooppression drives the wise into madness,

and pa bribe corrupts the heart.

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Ecclesiastes 7:7 — The New International Version (NIV)

Extortion turns a wise person into a fool,

and a bribe corrupts the heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Extortion turns wise people into fools,

and bribes corrupt the heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Surely oppression destroys a wise man’s reason,

And a bribe debases the heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:7 — New Century Version (NCV)

Even wise people are fools

if they let money change their thinking.

Ecclesiastes 7:7 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.

Ecclesiastes 7:7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Oppression can turn a wise person into a fool, and a bribe can corrupt the mind. 

Ecclesiastes 7:7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool,

and a bribe destroys the mind.

Ecclesiastes 7:7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Surely oppression makes the wise foolish,

and a bribe corrupts the heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Surely oppression makes a fool of the wise,

and a bribe corrupts the heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

When a wise man takes wealth by force, he becomes foolish.

It is sinful to take money from people who want special favors.

Ecclesiastes 7:7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

For oppression makes a wise man mad,

And a bribe corrupts the heart.


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