NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon A wickedrasha` (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 Parallel Verses 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. Links Proverbs 17:23Proverbs 17:23 NIV Proverbs 17:23 NLT Proverbs 17:23 ESV Proverbs 17:23 NASB Proverbs 17:23 KJV |
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