23who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.


In Context

20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks,

23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.

24 Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

25 Therefore the Lord 's anger burns against his people; his hand is raised and he strikes them down. The mountains shake, and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.

Isaiah 5:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:23That justify the wicked for gifts, and take away the justice of the just from him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:23that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:23which justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!