Proverbs 17:23
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Accepts Bosom Bribe Cause Course Decision Gift Judgment Justice Offering Paths Pervert Receives Receiveth Robe Secret Sinner Turn Ways Wicked
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English Standard Version
The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

New American Standard Bible
A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom To pervert the ways of justice.

King James Bible
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A wicked man secretly takes a bribe to subvert the course of justice.

International Standard Version
The wicked man takes a bribe in secret in order to pervert the course of justice.

NET Bible
A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He that takes a bribe is evil, for he turns the way of justice aside.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A wicked person secretly accepts a bribe to corrupt the ways of justice.

King James 2000 Bible
A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.

American King James Version
A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

American Standard Version
A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.

Darby Bible Translation
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.

English Revised Version
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of judgment.

Webster's Bible Translation
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

World English Bible
A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

Young's Literal Translation
A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.
Lexicon
A wicked
rasha`  (raw-shaw')
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
man taketh
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
a gift
shachad  (shakh'-ad)
a donation (venal or redemptive) -- bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward.
out of the bosom
cheyq  (khake)
the bosom -- bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.
to pervert
natah  (naw-taw')
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
the ways
'orach  (o'-rakh)
a well-trodden road; also a caravan -- manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way.
of judgment
mishpat  (mish-pawt')
a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective
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