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Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words of the righteous.
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English Standard Version
8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
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King James Version
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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The Message Bible
8 "Don't take bribes. Bribes blind perfectly good eyes and twist the speech of good people.
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New American Standard Bible
8 "You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.
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New International Version
8 “Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
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New King James Version
8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.
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New Living Translation
8 “Take no bribes, for a bribe makes you ignore something that you clearly see. A bribe makes even a righteous person twist the truth.
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New Revised Standard
8 You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
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American Standard Version
8 And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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The Bible in Basic English
8 Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
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Common English Bible
8 Don't take a bribe, because a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
8 Don't take a bribe, because a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
8 You are not to receive a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clearsighted and subverts the cause of the righteous.
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The Darby Translation
8 And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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Elberfelder 1905 (German)
8 Und kein Geschenk sollst du nehmen; denn das Geschenk blendet die Sehenden und verkehrt die Worte der Gerechten.
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Good News Translation
8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe makes people blind to what is right and ruins the cause of those who are innocent.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe makes people blind to what is right and ruins the cause of those who are innocent.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
8 Never take a bribe, because bribes blind those who can see and deny justice to those who are in the right.
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Hebrew Names Version
8 You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
8 And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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Lexham English Bible
8 And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes [the] sighted blind and ruins [the] words of [the] righteous.
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Luther Bible 1912 (German)
8 Du sollst nicht Geschenke nehmen; denn Geschenke machen die Sehenden blind und verkehren die Sachen der Gerechten.
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Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha
8 And thou shalt not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.
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New Century Version
8 "You must not accept money from a person who wants you to lie in court, because such money will not let you see what is right. Such money makes good people tell lies.
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New International Reader's Version
8 "Do not take money from people who want special favors. It makes you blind to the truth. It twists the words of godly people.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
8 You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
8 Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.
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Revised Standard Version
8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
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Statenvertaling (Dutch)
8 Ook zult gij geen geschenk nemen; want het geschenk verblindt de zienden, en het verkeert de zaak der rechtvaardigen.
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Third Millennium Bible
8 And thou shalt take no bribe, for the bribe blindeth the wise and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
8 And thou shalt take no bribe, for the bribe blindeth the wise and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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Tyndale
8 Thou shalt take no giftes, for giftes blynde the seynge and peruerte the wordes of the righteous.
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The Latin Vulgate
8 nec accipias munera quae excaecant etiam prudentes et subvertunt verba iustorum
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
8 nec accipias munera quae excaecant etiam prudentes et subvertunt verba iustorum
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The Webster Bible
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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World English Bible
8 You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
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Wycliffe
8 Take thou not gifts, that blind, yea, prudent men, and destroy the words of just men. (Do not take gifts, or bribes, that blind, yea, the prudent, and that destroy the words of the just.)
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Young's Literal Translation
8 `And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-[eyed], and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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