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.


In Context

4 'When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;

5 when thou seest the ass of him who is hating thee crouching under its burden, then thou hast ceased from leaving it to it — thou dost certainly leave it with him.

6 'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

7 from 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.

8 And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open -eyed, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

9 And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye — ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojourners ye have been 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7|Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

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.