Isaiah 5:23
 Isaiah 5:23 
New International Version (© 2011)
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.

King James Bible
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

American Standard Version
that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Young's Literal Translation
Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

Isaiah 5:23 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

The righteous - צדיק tsaddik, singular, Sept. Vulg., and two editions.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

justify

Exodus 23:6-9 You shall not wrest the judgment of your poor in his cause...

Proverbs 17:15 He that justifies the wicked, and he that comdemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

Proverbs 24:24 He that said to the wicked, You are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

Proverbs 31:4,5 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink...

for reward

Isaiah 1:23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless...

Deuteronomy 16:19 You shall not wrest judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise...

2 Chronicles 19:7 Why now let the fear of the LORD be on you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons...

Proverbs 17:23 A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Micah 3:11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money...

Micah 7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man...

take

Isaiah 10:2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey...

1 Kings 21:13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth...

Psalm 94:21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Matthew 23:35 That on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth...

Matthew 27:24,25 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water...

James 5:6 You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you.

Isaiah 5:23 Parallel Commentaries
Acquit Bribe Cause Declaring Deny Deprive Guilty Innocent Justice Justify Ones Reward Right Righteous Righteousness Rights Sinner Support Turn Upright Wicked
Acquit Bribe Cause Declaring Deny Deprive Guilty Innocent Justice Justify Ones Reward Right Righteous Righteousness Rights Sinner Support Turn Upright Wicked
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James 5:6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.
Exodus 23:8 "Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
Psalm 94:21 The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
Proverbs 17:15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent-- the LORD detests them both.
Proverbs 24:24 Whoever says to the guilty, "You are innocent," will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
Isaiah 1:23 Your rulers are rebels, partners with thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow's case does not come before them.
Isaiah 10:1 Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees,