Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The wicked accept bribes in secret to pervert the course of justice. New Living Translation The wicked take secret bribes to pervert the course of justice. English Standard Version The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice. Berean Standard Bible A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice. King James Bible A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. New King James Version A wicked man accepts a bribe behind the back To pervert the ways of justice. New American Standard Bible A wicked person accepts a bribe from an inside pocket To pervert the ways of justice. NASB 1995 A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom To pervert the ways of justice. NASB 1977 A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom To pervert the ways of justice. Legacy Standard Bible A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom To thrust aside the paths of justice. Amplified Bible A wicked man receives a bribe from the [hidden] pocket To pervert the ways of justice. Christian Standard Bible A wicked person secretly takes a bribe to subvert the course of justice. Holman Christian Standard Bible A wicked man secretly takes a bribe to subvert the course of justice. American Standard Version A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in his bosom do not prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness. Contemporary English Version Crooks accept secret bribes to keep justice from being done. Douay-Rheims Bible The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment. English Revised Version A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of judgment. GOD'S WORD® Translation A wicked person secretly accepts a bribe to corrupt the ways of justice. Good News Translation Corrupt judges accept secret bribes, and then justice is not done. International Standard Version The wicked man takes a bribe in secret in order to pervert the course of justice. JPS Tanakh 1917 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice. Literal Standard Version The wicked takes a bribe from the bosom, | To turn aside the paths of judgment. Majority Standard Bible A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice. New American Bible A guilty person takes out a bribe from the pocket, thus perverting the course of justice. NET Bible A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice. New Revised Standard Version The wicked accept a concealed bribe to pervert the ways of justice. New Heart English Bible A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice. 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness…22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. 23A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice. 24Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.… Cross References Exodus 23:8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous. Deuteronomy 16:19 Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. Proverbs 17:8 A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds. Ecclesiastes 7:7 Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart. Micah 3:11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, "Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us." Micah 7:3 Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together. Treasury of Scripture A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. Proverbs 17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. Proverbs 18:16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. Proverbs 21:14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. Jump to Previous Accepts Bosom Bribe Cause Course Decision Gift Judgment Justice Offering Paths Pervert Receives Receiveth Robe Secret Sinner Turn Ways WickedJump to Next Accepts Bosom Bribe Cause Course Decision Gift Judgment Justice Offering Paths Pervert Receives Receiveth Robe Secret Sinner Turn Ways WickedProverbs 17 1. Contrasts between the Righteous and the Wicked(23) A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom.--Or rather, receives it. "From the bosom" signifies the folds of the dress in which the bribe was concealed, ready to be slipped into the judge's hand whose favour was to be bought.Verse 23. - A gift out of the bosom; i.e. secretly from the fold of the garment, and not from the purse or bag wherein money was ostensibly carried. A corrupt judge "taketh," i.e. receives a bribe conveyed to him secretly (Proverbs 21:14). To pervert the ways of judgment. The judges had no appointed salaries; hence the unprincipled among them were open to bribery. The strict injunctions of the Law, and the stern denunciations of the prophets, were alike ineffectual in checking corruption (see Exodus 23:8; Deuteronomy 16:19; Isaiah 1:23; Jeremiah 22:17; Ezekiel 13:19; Hosea 4:18, etc.). Septuagint, "The man that receiveth gifts in his bosom unjustly, his ways shall not prosper." For, as Job avows (Job 15:34), "Fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery." The LXX. adds, "The impious turns aside from the ways of righteousness." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew A wicked [man]רָשָׁ֣ע (rā·šā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person takes יִקָּ֑ח (yiq·qāḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take a covert מֵ֭חֵיק (mê·ḥêq) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2436: The bosom bribe שֹׁ֣חַד (šō·ḥaḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7810: A present, bribe to subvert לְ֝הַטּ֗וֹת (lə·haṭ·ṭō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend the course אָרְח֥וֹת (’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ) Noun - common plural construct Strong's 734: A well-trodden road, a caravan of justice. מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ (miš·pāṭ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style Links Proverbs 17:23 NIVProverbs 17:23 NLT Proverbs 17:23 ESV Proverbs 17:23 NASB Proverbs 17:23 KJV Proverbs 17:23 BibleApps.com Proverbs 17:23 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 17:23 Chinese Bible Proverbs 17:23 French Bible Proverbs 17:23 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 17:23 A wicked man receives a bribe (Prov. 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