Exodus 23:8 Bible Lexicon

Exodus 23:8

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KJV Lexicon
And thou shalt take
laqach (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)

no gift
shachad (shakh'-ad)
a donation (venal or redemptive) -- bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward.

for the gift
shachad (shakh'-ad)
a donation (venal or redemptive) -- bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward.

blindeth
`avar (aw-var')
to blind -- blind, put out.

the wise
piqqeach (pik-kay'-akh)
clear-sighted; figuratively, intelligent -- seeing, wise.

and perverteth
calaph (saw-laf')
to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert -- overthrow, pervert.

the words
dabar (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

of the righteous
tsaddiyq (tsad-deek')
just -- just, lawful, righteous (man).

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

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

American King James Version
And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

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

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth 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.

Young's Literal Translation
And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open -eyed, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

שמות 23:8 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
וְשֹׁ֖חַד לֹ֣א תִקָּ֑ח כִּ֤י הַשֹּׁ֙חַד֙ יְעַוֵּ֣ר פִּקְחִ֔ים וִֽיסַלֵּ֖ף דִּבְרֵ֥י צַדִּיקִֽים׃

שמות 23:8 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
ושחד לא תקח כי השחד יעור פקחים ויסלף דברי צדיקים׃

שמות 23:8 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
ושחד לא תקח כי השחד יעור פקחים ויסלף דברי צדיקים׃

שמות 23:8 Hebrew Bible
ושחד לא תקח כי השחד יעור פקחים ויסלף דברי צדיקים׃