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


In Context

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.

10 'And six years thou dost sow thy land, and hast gathered its increase;

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 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 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.