Deuteronomy 16:19
ContextNET © | 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 |
NIV © | Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. |
NASB © | "You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. |
NLT © | You must never twist justice or show partiality. Never accept a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and corrupt the decisions of the godly. |
MSG © | Don't twist the law. Don't play favorites. Don't take a bribe--a bribe blinds even a wise person; it undermines the intentions of the best of people. |
BBE © | You are not to be moved in your judging by a man’s position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false. |
NRSV © | You must not distort justice; you must not show partiality; and you must not accept bribes, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of those who are in the right. |
NKJV © | "You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. |
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NET © | 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 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “twist, overturn”; NRSV “subverts the cause.” 2 tn Or “innocent”; NRSV “those who are in the right”; NLT “the godly.” |