Verse List for PROV 17:23

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B I ◄ ← Prov 17:23 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) A wicked person accepts a secret bribe ⇔ → to pervert the paths of justice.

OET-LV A _bribe from_the_bosom _of a _wicked_person he _accepts to_turn _aside the_paths _of justice.

ULT A wicked one takes a bribe from the bosom ⇔ to bend the paths of justice.

UST Wicked people accept bribes that people give to them secretly, ⇔  so that they will decide matters unfairly.

BSB & MSB A wicked [man] takes a covert bribe[fn] ⇔  to subvert the course of justice.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, ⇔  to pervert the ways of justice.

NET A wicked person receives a bribe secretly ⇔ to pervert the ways of justice.

LSV The wicked takes a bribe from the bosom,
To turn aside the paths of judgment.

FBV The wicked take hidden bribes to pervert the course of justice.

T4T ⇔  Wicked people/judges accept bribes that are given to them secretly, ⇔  and as a result they do not decide matters justly/fairly.

LEB • The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap,
• in order to pervert the ways of justice.

BBE A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

Moff Bad men accept a secret bribe, ⇔  to twist the course of justice.

JPS A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

ASV A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, ⇔ To pervert the ways of justice.

DRA The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.

YLT A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

Drby A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.

RV A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of judgment.
(A wicked man taketh/takes a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of judgement.)

SLT The unjust one will take a gift from the bosom to turn, aside the paths of judgment.

Wbstr A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

KJB-1769 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
(A wicked man taketh/takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgement.)

KJB-1611 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome, to peruert the wayes of iudgement.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps The vngodly taketh gyftes out of the bosome, to wrest the wayes of iudgement.
(The ungodly taketh/takes gifts out of the bosom, to wrest the ways of judgement.)

Gnva A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.
(A wicked man taketh/takes a gift out of the bosom to wrest the ways of judgement.)

Cvdl The vngodly taketh giftes out of the bosome, to wraist the wayes of iudgment.
(The ungodly taketh/takes gifts out of the bosom, to wraist the ways of judgement.)

Wycl A wickid man takith yiftis fro the bosum, to mys turne the pathis of doom.
(A wicked man taketh/takes gifts from the bosom, to mys turn the paths of judgement.)

Luth Der GOttlose nimmt heimlich gern Geschenke, zu beugen den Weg des Rechts.
(The godless_(ones) takes secretly gladly/willingly gifts(n), to/for bend/submit the way/path/road the law/rights.)

ClVg Munera de sinu impius accipit, ut pervertat semitas judicii.
(Munera from/about pocket impious/ungodly receives, as pervertat path judgement.)

UHB שֹׁ֣חַד מֵ֭⁠חֵיק רָשָׁ֣ע יִקָּ֑ח לְ֝⁠הַטּ֗וֹת אָרְח֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ ‡

BrLXX Λαμβάνοντος δῶρα ἀδίκως ἐν κόλποις οὐ κατευοδοῦνται ὁδοὶ, ἀσεβὴς δὲ ἐκκλίνει ὁδοὺς δικαιοσύνης.

BrTr The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in his bosom do not prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness.