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


In Context

4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release it with him.

6 Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.

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

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

9 And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:7Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:7Thou shalt fly lying. The innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death: because I abhor the wicked.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7|Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:7Keep you far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay you not: for I will not justify the wicked.