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


In Context

5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help him with it.

6 "Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

7 Have 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.

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

9 "Do not oppress an alien; you yourselves know how it feels to be aliens, because you were aliens in Egypt.

10 "For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops,

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 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.

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.