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Proverbs 17:23

23  A wicked man taketh a gift out of the kbosom

lTo pervert the ways of judgment.

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Proverbs 17:23 — The New International Version (NIV)

23 The wicked accept bribes in secret

to pervert the course of justice.

Proverbs 17:23 — English Standard Version (ESV)

23 The wicked accepts a bribe in secret

to pervert the ways of justice.

Proverbs 17:23 — New Living Translation (NLT)

23 The wicked take secret bribes

to pervert the course of justice.

Proverbs 17:23 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

23 A wicked man accepts a bribe behind the back

To pervert the ways of justice.

Proverbs 17:23 — New Century Version (NCV)

23 When the wicked accept money to do wrong

there can be no justice.

Proverbs 17:23 — American Standard Version (ASV)

23 A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom,

To pervert the ways of justice.

Proverbs 17:23 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.

Proverbs 17:23 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

23 A wicked person secretly accepts a bribe to corrupt the ways of justice. 

Proverbs 17:23 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

23 A wicked man secretly takes a bribe

to subvert the course of justice.

Proverbs 17:23 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

23 The wicked accept a concealed bribe

to pervert the ways of justice.

Proverbs 17:23 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

23 The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap,

in order to pervert the ways of justice.

Proverbs 17:23 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

23 Anyone who does wrong accepts favors in secret.

Then he turns what is right into wrong.

Proverbs 17:23 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

23 A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom

To pervert the ways of justice.


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