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Exodus 23:8

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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American Standard Version

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

Christian Standard Bible

You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words of the righteous.

English Standard Version

And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

King James Version

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

New American Standard Bible

“You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.

New International Version

“Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

New King James Version

And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

World English Bible

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