Isaiah 5:23
ContextNET © | They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent. 1 |
NIV © | who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent. |
NASB © | Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right! |
NLT © | They take bribes to pervert justice. They let the wicked go free while punishing the innocent. |
MSG © | And then line your pockets with bribes from the guilty while you violate the rights of the innocent. |
BBE © | Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him. |
NRSV © | who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of their rights! |
NKJV © | Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away justice from the righteous man! |
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NET © | They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent. 1 |
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1 tn Heb “and the just cause of the innocent ones they turn aside from him.” sn In vv. 22-23 the prophet returns to themes with which he opened his speech. The accusatory elements of vv. 8, 11-12, 18-23 are arranged in a chiastic manner: (A) social injustice (8), (B) carousing (11-12a), (C) spiritual insensitivity (12b) // (C') spiritual insensitivity (18-21), (B') carousing (22), (A') social injustice (23). |