Exodus 23:7-9
English Standard Version Anglicised
7 (A)Keep far from a false charge, and (B)do not kill the innocent and righteous, for (C)I will not acquit the wicked. 8 (D)And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
9 (E)“You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
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Exodus 23:7-9
New International Version
7 Have nothing to do with a false charge(A) and do not put an innocent(B) or honest person to death,(C) for I will not acquit the guilty.(D)
8 “Do not accept a bribe,(E) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
9 “Do not oppress a foreigner;(F) you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.
Exodus 23:7-9
King James Version
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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Exodus 23:7-9
New King James Version
7 (A)Keep yourself far from a false matter; (B)do not kill the innocent and righteous. For (C)I will not justify the wicked. 8 And (D)you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.
9 “Also (E)you shall not oppress a [a]stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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