Parallel ECC 7:7

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BSB  ⇔ Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool,
⇔ and a bribe corrupts the heart.

OEB Extortion maketh the wise man mad,
⇔ And a bribe destroyeth the character.

WEB Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

NET Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool;
 ⇔ likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart.

LSV Surely oppression makes the wise mad,
And a gift destroys the heart.

FBV Extorting money from others makes wise people into fools, and accepting bribes corrupts the mind.

T4T When wise people say to others, “You must pay me a lot of money for me to protect you,”
⇔ that causes those wise people to become foolish,
⇔ and accepting bribes causes people to become unable to do what is fair/just.

LEB  • and a bribe corrupts the heart.

BBE The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

MOF No MOF ECC book available

JPS Surely oppression turneth a wise man into a fool; and a gift destroyeth the understanding.

ASV Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.

DRA For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.

YLT Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.

DBY Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart.

RV Surely extortion maketh a wise man foolish; and a gift destroyeth the understanding.

WBS Surely extortion maketh a wise man foolish; and a gift destroyeth the understanding.

KJB ¶ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

BB The wyse man hateth wrong dealing, and abhorreth the heart that coueteth rewardes.
  (The wise man hateth wrong dealing, and abhorreth the heart that coueteth rewardes.)

GNV Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.
  (Better it is to hear ye/you_all rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should hear the song of fooles.)

CB Who so doeth wronge, maketh a wyse man to go out of his witt, and destroyeth a gentle hert.
  (Who so doeth wronge, maketh a wise man to go out of his witt, and destroyeth a gentle hert.)

WYC for as the sown of thornes brennynge vndur a pot, so is the leiyyng of a fool. But also this is vanyte.
  (for as the sown of thornes brennynge under a pot, so is the leiyyng of a fool. But also this is vanyte.)

LUT Ein Widerspenstiger macht einen Weisen unwillig und verderbt ein mildes Herz.
  (Ein Widerspenstiger macht a Weisen unwillig and verderbt a mildes Herz.)

CLV quia sicut sonitus spinarum ardentium sub olla, sic risus stulti. Sed et hoc vanitas.
  (because sicut sonitus spinarum ardentium sub olla, so risus stulti. Sed and hoc vanitas.)

BRN For oppression makes a wise man mad, and destroys his noble heart.

BrLXX Ὅτι ἡ συκοφαντία περιφέρει σοφὸν, καὶ ἀπόλλυσι τὴν καρδίαν εὐγενείας αὐτοῦ.
  (Hoti haʸ sukofantia periferei sofon, kai apollusi taʸn kardian eugeneias autou.)