8And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.


In Context

5 If you see the ass of him that hates you lying under his burden, and would forbear to help him, you shall surely help with him.

6 You shall not wrest the judgment of your poor in his cause.

7 Keep you far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay you not: for I will not justify the wicked.

8 And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

9 Also you shall not oppress a stranger: for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

10 And six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in the fruits thereof:

Exodus 23:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:8And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:8"Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:8Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:8And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:8And thou shalt take no gift: for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8|You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open -eyed, and perverteth the words of the righteous.