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


In Context

5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lie underneath his burden, thou shalt not pass by, but shalt lift him up with him.

6 Thou shalt not go aside in the poor man's judgment.

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

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

9 Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for you know the hearts of strangers: for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

10 Six years thou shalt sow thy ground, and shalt gather the corn 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:8And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.