2Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil; neither shalt thou answer in a cause, to go after the multitude to pervert judgment.


In Context

1 Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.

2 Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil; neither shalt thou answer in a cause, to go after the multitude to pervert judgment.

3 Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.

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

Exodus 23:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment: ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:2"Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:2Thou shalt not follow the multitude to do evil: neither shalt thou yield in judgment, to the opinion of the most part, to stray from the truth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice :

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest judgment:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:2|You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:2Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause others to turn aside;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:2You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: