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


In Context

4 |If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

5 If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don't leave him, you shall surely help him with it.

6 |You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

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

8 |You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

9 |You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens 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 American Standard 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 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 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.