Exodus 23:8

¶ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the words of the righteous.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
- Basic English Bible

And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Darby Bible

And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Webster's Bible

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

`And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-[eyed], and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Youngs Literal Bible

And thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Exodus 23:8

23:7 Keep thee far from a false matter - From assisting or abetting an ill thing. Yea, keep thee far from it, dread it as a dangerous snare. I will not justify the wicked - That is, I will condemn him that unjustly condemns others.

23:9 Thou shalt not oppress the stranger - Though aliens might not inherit lands among them; yet they must have justice done them. It was an instance of the equity of our law, that if an alien be tried for any crime except treason, the one half of his jury, if he desire it, shall be foreigners; a kind provision that strangers may not be oppressed. For ye know the heart of a stranger - You know something of the griefs and fears of a stranger by sad experience.

23:10 The institution of the sabbatical year was designed, To shew what a plentiful land that was, into which God was bringing them, that so numerous a people could have rich maintenance out of the products of so small a country, without foreign trade, and yet could spare the increase of every seventh year. To teach them a confidence in the Divine Providence, while they did their duty, That as the sixth day's manna served for two days meat, so the sixth year's increase should serve for two years subsistence.