Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3588 [e] כִּ֥י kî Surely Conj 6233 [e] הָעֹ֖שֶׁק hā-‘ō-šeq oppression Art | N-ms 1984 [e] יְהוֹלֵ֣ל yə-hō-w-lêl drives to madness V-Piel-Imperf-3ms 2450 [e] חָכָ֑ם ḥā-ḵām a wise one Adj-ms 6 [e] וִֽיאַבֵּ֥ד wî-’ab-bêḏ and destroys Conj-w | V-Piel-ConjImperf-3ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 3820 [e] לֵ֖ב lêḇ the heart N-ms 4979 [e] מַתָּנָֽה׃ mat-tā-nāh a bribe N-fs

Berean Study Bible
Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

Young's Literal Translation
Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool, and a bribe destroys the mind.

New American Standard Bible
For oppression makes a wise man mad, And a bribe corrupts the heart.

King James Bible
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. Ecclesiastes 7:7 • Ecclesiastes 7:7 NIV • Ecclesiastes 7:7 NLT • Ecclesiastes 7:7 ESV • Ecclesiastes 7:7 NASB • Ecclesiastes 7:7 KJV • Ecclesiastes 7:7 Biblia Paralela • Ecclesiastes 7:7 Chinese Bible • Ecclesiastes 7:7 French Bible • Ecclesiastes 7:7 German Bible

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