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Exodus 23:8

8“Do not take money from people who want special favors. It makes you blind to the truth. It twists the words of godly people.

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Exodus 23:8 — The New International Version (NIV)

“Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

Exodus 23:8 — English Standard Version (ESV)

And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

Exodus 23:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Exodus 23:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“Take no bribes, for a bribe makes you ignore something that you clearly see. A bribe makes even a righteous person twist the truth.

Exodus 23:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

Exodus 23:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

“You must not accept money from a person who wants you to lie in court, because such money will not let you see what is right. Such money makes good people tell lies.

Exodus 23:8 — 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.

Exodus 23:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Exodus 23:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Never take a bribe, because bribes blind those who can see and deny justice to those who are in the right. 

Exodus 23:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words of the righteous.

Exodus 23:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

Exodus 23:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes the sighted blind and ruins the words of the righteous.

Exodus 23:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.


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