Exodus 23:8 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓]
Exodus 23:8, NIV: "Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent."Exodus 23:8, ESV: "And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right."
Exodus 23:8, KJV: "And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous."
Exodus 23:8, NASB: "'You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just."
Exodus 23:8, NLT: "'Take no bribes, for a bribe makes you ignore something that you clearly see. A bribe makes even a righteous person twist the truth."
Exodus 23:8, CSB: "You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words of the righteous."
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