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Proverbs 17:23

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23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the kbosom

lTo pervert the ways of judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. kch. 21:14. Eccles. 7:9. Comp. ch. 16:33 (Heb.). See Ps. 79:12.
  2. lSo ch. 15:27. Micah 3:11. & 7:3. See Ex. 23:8.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The wicked accepts a bribe in secret

to pervert the ways of justice.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The wicked accept bribes in secret

to pervert the course of justice.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A wicked person secretly takes a bribe

to subvert the course of justice.

NLTNew Living Translation

The wicked take secret bribes

to pervert the course of justice.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap,

in order to pervert the ways of justice.