Proverbs 17:23
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 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom
To pervert the ways of judgment.
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.