EXO 23:8 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) You mustn’t accept bribes, because bribes stop people from being unbiased and they undermine the words of honest people.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ δῶρα οὐ λήψῃ· τὰ γὰρ δῶρα ἐκτυφλοῖ ὀφθαλμοὺς βλεπόντων, καὶ λυμαῖνεται ῥήματα δίκαια.
(Kai dōra ou laʸpsaʸ; ta gar dōra ektufloi ofthalmous blepontōn, kai lumainetai ɽaʸmata dikaia. )

BrTr And thou shalt not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.

ULT And you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe blinds the clear-sighted, and it perverts the words of the righteous.

UST Do not accept a bribe, because good judges who take bribes do not judge wisely, and they unfairly judge against the person who is right.

BSB § Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

OEB No OEB EXO book available

WEBBE “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.

LSV And you do not take a bribe, for the bribe binds the open-[eyed] and perverts the words of the righteous.

FBV Don't accept bribes, for a bribe blinds those who can see, and undermines the evidence of the honest.

T4T Do not accept money that is a bribe, because officials who accept bribes are not able to [MTY] decide what is right to do, and they do not allow innocent people to be treated fairly.

LEB And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes the sighted blind and ruins the words of the righteous.

BBE Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.

Moff No Moff EXO book available

JPS And thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

ASV And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

DRA Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.

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

Drby And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

RV And thou shalt take no gift: for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Wbstr And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

KJB-1769 ¶ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.[fn]
(¶ And thou/you shalt take no gift: for the gift blindth the wise, and perverteth/perverts the words of the righteous. )

23.8 the wise: Heb. the seeing

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn][fn]And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the words of the righteous.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

23:8 Deut. 16. 19. ecclus. 20.28.

23:8 Hebr. the seeing.

Bshps Thou shalt take no gyftes: for gyftes blinde the seyng, and peruert the wordes of the righteous.
(Thou shalt take no gyftes: for gyftes blind the seeing, and pervert the words of the righteous.)

Gnva Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.
(Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindth the wise, and perverteth/perverts the words of the righteous. )

Cvdl Thou shalt not take giftes: for giftes blinde euen them yt are sharpe of sight, & wraist the righteous causes.
(Thou shalt not take giftes: for giftes blind even them it are sharpe of sight, and wraist the righteous causes.)

Wycl Take thou not yiftis, that blynden also prudent men, and destryen the wordys of iust men.
(Take thou/you not yiftis, that blindn also prudent men, and destryen the words of just men.)

Luth Du sollst nicht Geschenke nehmen; denn Geschenke machen die Sehenden blind und verkehren die Sachen der Gerechten.
(You should not Geschenke take; because Geschenke make the Sehenden blind and verkehren the Sachen the/of_the Gerechten.)

ClVg Nec accipies munera, quæ etiam excæcant prudentes, et subvertunt verba justorum.
(Nec accipies munera, which also excæcant prudentes, and subvertunt words justorum. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

כִּ֤י הַ⁠שֹּׁ֨חַד֙ יְעַוֵּ֣ר פִּקְחִ֔ים וִֽ⁠יסַלֵּ֖ף דִּבְרֵ֥י צַדִּיקִֽים

that/for/because/then/when the,bribe blinds clear-sighted and,subverts words righteous

Here, a “bribe” is described as if it could take action itself that negatively affects justice. If this might be confusing for your readers, you could express this meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “for if you do, an evil person can give money to blind the clear-sighted and to pervert the words of the righteous”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כִּ֤י הַ⁠שֹּׁ֨חַד֙ יְעַוֵּ֣ר פִּקְחִ֔ים וִֽ⁠יסַלֵּ֖ף דִּבְרֵ֥י צַדִּיקִֽים

that/for/because/then/when the,bribe blinds clear-sighted and,subverts words righteous

To blind the clear-sighted is a metaphor that means causing those who know what is right to act like they do not. And perverts the words of the righteous could mean causes those who would speak the truth (in court) to lie or causes the judge to give an evil judgment or causes those listening to the words of the righteous to choose to act as if they had heard something different. If your readers would not understand what this image means in this context, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture. Alternatively, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “for a bribe causes those who understand the right thing to do not to do it and causes good men to speak lies”

Parallel EXO 23:8