Deuteronomy 16:19
16:19 You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort 1 the words of the righteous. 2
1 tn Heb “twist, overturn”; NRSV “subverts the cause.”
2 tn Or “innocent”; NRSV “those who are in the right”; NLT “the godly.”