Deuteronomy 16:19

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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.

Bible in Basic English ☆

You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

they shall not wrest judgment, nor favour persons, nor receive a gift; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Darby Translation ☆

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And not go aside to either part. Thou shalt not accept person nor gifts: for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and change the words of the just.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, and peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, and thou shalt not take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

King James Version ☆

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

they shall not wrest judgment, nor favor persons, nor receive a gift; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

they shall not wrest judgement, nor favour persons, nor receive a gift; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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.

Webster Bible ☆

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Revised Version ☆

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons: neither shalt thou take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge ☆

Thou shalt not pervert judgment, nor have respect to persons, nor receive a gift; for a gift blindeth the eyes of the wise, and depraveth right words.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

they shall not wrest judgment, nor favor persons, nor receive a gift; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

World English Bible ☆

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

World English Bible Classic ☆

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

World English Bible Updated ☆

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

World Messianic Bible ☆

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Wycliffe Bible portions ☆

and bowe not in `to the tother part for fauour, ethir yifte `ayens equete. Thou schalt not take persoone nether yiftis, for whi yiftis blynden the iyen of wise men, `and chaungen the wordis of iust men.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Thou shalt not pervert mishpat; thou shalt not show partiality, neither take a shochad: for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the chachamim, and twist the devarim of the tzaddikim.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لَا تُحَرِّفِ ٱلْقَضَاءَ، وَلَا تَنْظُرْ إِلَى ٱلْوُجُوهِ، وَلَا تَأْخُذْ رَشْوَةً لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّشْوَةَ تُعْمِي أَعْيُنَ ٱلْحُكَمَاءِ وَتُعَوِّجُ كَلَامَ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

တ​ရား​စီ​ရင်​ရာ​တွင်​မ​တ​ရား​သ​ဖြင့်​စီ​ရင် ခြင်း၊ မျက်​နှာ​လိုက်​ခြင်း​မ​ပြု​လုပ်​ရ။ တံ​စိုး လက်​ဆောင်​ကို​လည်း​လက်​မ​ခံ​ရ။ တံ​စိုး​လက် ဆောင်​သည်​ပ​ညာ​ရှိ​နှင့်​ဖြောင့်​မတ်​သူ​တို့​၏ မျက်​စိ​ကို​ဖုံး​ကွယ်​စေ​၍ မှား​ယွင်း​စွာ​အ​ဆုံး အ​ဖြတ်​ချ​မှတ်​စေ​တတ်​၏။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

သင်သည် တရား လမ်းမှ မ လွှဲ ရ။ လူမျက်နှာ ကို မ ထောက် ရ။ တံစိုး ကို မ စား ရ။ တံစိုး သည် ပညာရှိ မျက်စိ ကို ကွယ် စေတတ်၏။ ဖြောင့်မတ် သောသူ၏ စကား ကို ကောက် စေတတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Nang loe toenghaih loklam hoiah amkhraeng ving hmah; kami mikhmai doeh khen hmah loe, bokhaih tangqum doeh talawk hmah; bokhaih tangqum mah palungha kaminawk to mikmaengsak moe, katoeng kami ih lok to angkoisak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Laitloeknah te haeh sak boeh. maelhmai khaw so boeh. Kapbaih loh hlang cueih kah a mik he a dael sak tih hlang dueng kah olka pataeng a paimaelh thai dongah kapbaih na ca mahpawh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Laitloeknah te haeh sak boeh. maelhmai khaw so boeh. Kapbaih loh hlang cueih kah a mik he a dael sak tih hlang dueng kah olka pataeng a paimaelh thai dongah kapbaih na ca mahpawh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

不可屈枉正直；不可看人的外貌。也不可受贿赂；因为贿赂能叫智慧人的眼变瞎了，又能颠倒义人的话。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

不可屈枉正直；不可看人的外貌。也不可受賄賂；因為賄賂能叫智慧人的眼變瞎了，又能顛倒義人的話。

World Chinese Bible ☆

你不可歪曲公正；不可偏待人；不可收受贿赂，因为贿赂使有智慧的人眼瞎，扭曲义人的话。

Croatian Bible ☆

Ne iskrivljuj pravde; ne budi pristran; ne primaj mita, jer mito zasljepljuje oči mudrih, a ugrožava stvar pravednih.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Neuchýlíš soudu, a nebudeš šetřiti osoby, aniž přijmeš daru; nebo dar oslepuje oči moudrých, a převrací slova spravedlivých.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Du må ikke bøje Retten, ikke vise Personsanseelse og ikke tage imod Bestikkelse; thi Bestikkelse gør Vismænd blinde og forplumrer de retfærdiges Sag.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Gij zult het gericht niet buigen; gij zult het aangezicht niet kennen; ook zult gij geen geschenk nemen; want het geschenk verblindt de ogen der wijzen, en verkeert de woorden der rechtvaardigen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Ge moogt het recht niet verkrachten, geen aanzien van personen laten gelden, en geen geschenken aannemen; want geschenken verblinden de ogen der wijzen, en verdraaien de woorden der rechtvaardigen.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ne klinu la leĝon, ne atentu personojn; kaj ne prenu subaĉeton, ĉar subaĉeto blindigas la okulojn de saĝuloj kaj konfuzas la aferojn de justuloj.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Tu ne feras pas fléchir le jugement ; tu ne feras pas acception de personnes ; et tu ne recevras pas de présent ; car le présent aveugle les yeux des sages et pervertit les paroles des justes.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Tu ne pervertiras point le droit; tu n'auras point égard à l'apparence des personnes; et tu ne prendras pas de présent; car le présent aveugle les yeux des sages, et trouble les paroles des justes.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Tu ne porteras atteinte à aucun droit, tu n’auras point égard à l’apparence des personnes, et tu ne recevras point de présent, car les présents aveuglent les yeux des sages et corrompent les paroles des justes.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Tu ne fausseras pas le droit. Tu ne feras pas de favoritisme. Tu n'accepteras pas de présent, car un pot-de-vin aveugle les sages et fausse les décisions des justes.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Du sollst das Recht nicht beugen, du sollst die Person nicht ansehen und kein Geschenk nehmen, denn das Geschenk blendet die Augen der Weisen und verkehrt die Worte der Gerechten.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Du sollst das Recht nicht beugen und sollst auch keine Person ansehen noch Geschenke nehmen; denn die Geschenke machen die Weisen blind und verkehren die Sachen der Gerechten.

German Textbibel ☆

Du sollst das Recht nicht beugen, nicht parteilich sein und nicht Geschenke annehmen; denn das Geschenk macht die Weisen blind und verkehrt die gerechte Sache. 20 Nichts als das Recht sollst du im Auge haben, auf daß du leben bleibest im Besitze des Landes, welches dir Jahwe, dein Gott, giebt.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Du sollst das Recht nicht beugen. Du sollst auch keine Person ansehen und keine Geschenke nehmen, denn die Geschenke verblenden die Augen der Weisen und verkehren die Worte der Gerechten.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

οὐκ ἐκκλινοῦσι κρίσιν, οὐδὲ ἐπιγνώσονται πρόσωπον οὐδὲ λήψονται δῶρον· τὰ γὰρ δῶρα ἀποτυφλοῖ ὀφθαλμοὺς σοφῶν καὶ ἐξαίρει λόγους δικαίων.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Οὐκ ἐκκλινοῦσι κρίσιν, οὐδὲ λήψονται δῶρον· τὰ γὰρ δῶρα ἀποτυφλοῖ ὀφθαλμοὺς σοφῶν, καὶ ἐξαίρει λόγους δικαίων.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Piga yo fè ankenn lenjistis. Piga yo gade sou figi moun pou jije yo. Piga yo pran lajan anba nan men pesonn paske lajan konsa ka anpeche menm moun ki gen konprann wè klè, li ka fè nou kondannen moun inonsan.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Mai pale ae oe i ka pono, aole hoi e nana aku i na maka, aole hoi oe o lawe i ke kipe; no ka mea, ke hoomakapo ke kipe i na maka o ka poe naauao, a ke hoololi ae i na mea o ka poe pono.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

לֹא־תַטֶּ֣ה מִשְׁפָּ֔ט לֹ֥א תַכִּ֖יר פָּנִ֑ים וְלֹא־תִקַּ֣ח שֹׁ֔חַד כִּ֣י הַשֹּׁ֗חַד יְעַוֵּר֙ עֵינֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֔ים וִֽיסַלֵּ֖ף דִּבְרֵ֥י צַדִּיקִֽם׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

לא תטה משפט לא תכיר פנים ולא תקח שחד כי השחד יעור עיני חכמים ויסלף דברי צדיקם׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Non pervertir la ragione; non aver riguardo alla persona, e non prender presenti ; perciocchè il presente accieca gli occhi de' savi, e sovverte le parole de' giusti.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Non pervertirai il diritto, non avrai riguardi personali, e non accetterai donativi, perché il donativo acceca gli occhi de’ savi e corrompe le parole de’ giusti.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

あなたは裁きを曲げてはならない。人をえこひいきしてはならない。賄賂を受け取ってはならない。賄賂は知恵のある者の目をくらませ、正しい者の言葉をゆがめるからである。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

너는 굽게 판단하지 말며 사람을 외모로 보지 말며 또 뇌물을 받지 말라 뇌물은 지혜자의 눈을 어둡게 하고 의인의 말을 굽게 하느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Elos in tia sesuwos ku fahkak srisri in nununku lalos uh; ac elos in tia eis molin eyeinse, mweyen molin eyeinse uh ku in aklosrye mutun mwet lalmwetmet ac mwet suwohs, pwanang elos orala nununku tia suwohs.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

nec in alteram partem declinent. Non accipies personam, nec munera: quia munera excæcant oculos sapientum, et mutant verba justorum.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

داوری را منحرف مساز و طرفداری منما و رشوه مگیر، زیرا که رشوه چشمان حکمارا کور می‌سازد و سخنان عادلان را کج می‌نماید.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Você não perverterá a justiça. Você não mostrará parcialidade. Você não aceitará suborno, pois o suborno cega os olhos dos sábios e perverte as palavras dos justos.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Não distorças o direito; não faças acepção de pessoas, nem tomes suborno; porque o suborno cega os olhos dos sábios, e perverte as palavras dos justos.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Să nu strâmbi judecata, să nu părtineşti după înfăţişare, nu lua niciun dar, pentru că darul orbeşte ochii înţelepţilor şi perverteşte cuvintele celor drepţi.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Сэ н-атинӂь ничун дрепт, сэ ну кауць ла фаца оаменилор ши сэ ну ей дарурь, кэч даруриле орбеск окий ынцелепцилор ши суческ кувинтеле челор дрепць.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

не извращай закона, не смотри на лица и не бери даров, ибо дары ослепляют глаза мудрых и превращают дело правых;

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ne izvrći pravde i ne gledaj ko je ko; ne primaj poklona, jer poklon zaslepljuje oči mudrima i izvrće reči pravednima.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Не изврћи правде и не гледај ко је ко; не примај поклона, јер поклон заслепљује очи мудрима и изврће речи праведнима.

Mashi Bible ☆

Orhahîraga okalenganya omuntu, orhahîraga okaderha mpu ola ye lebè, orhazigiraga abagula olubanja, bulyâla engulo y’olubanja enahûse abagula enyagîse n’omuntu olubanja lwâge.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

No tuerzas el derecho; no hagas acepción de personas, ni tomes soborno; porque el soborno ciega los ojos de los sabios, y pervierte las palabras de los justos.

Spanish BLL ☆

No pervertirás la justicia. No mostrarás parcialidad. No aceptarás soborno, porque el soborno ciega los ojos de los sabios y pervierte las palabras de los justos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

No pervertirás la justicia. No mostrarás parcialidad. No aceptarás soborno, porque el soborno ciega los ojos de los sabios y pervierte las palabras de los justos.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

No debes ser conmovido en tu juicio por la posición de un hombre, no debes recibir soborno; porque las recompensas hacen que los ojos del sabio sean ciegos, y que pervierte las decisiones de los rectos.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

No torcerás la justicia. No serás parcial ni recibirás soborno. Porque el soborno ciega los ojos de los sabios y pervierte las palabras de los justos.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOua naʻa ke fakahalaʻi ʻae fakamaau; ʻoua naʻa ke filifilimānako ki he tangata, pe maʻu ha tukungoue: he ʻoku fakakui ʻe he meʻa foaki ʻae mata ʻoe poto, mo ne fakahalaʻi ʻae lea ʻae angatonu.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Не будеш перекручувати суду або вважати на лице і не візьмеш дарунків; бо дарунки засьлїплюють очі чоловіка мудрого і перекручують слова чоловіка правдивого.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Не будеш перекручувати суду або вважати на лице і не візьмеш дарунків; бо дарунки засьлїплюють очі чоловіка мудрого і перекручують слова чоловіка правдивого.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Ngươi chớ làm dịch sự chánh trực, chớ thiên vị ai, cũng chẳng nên nhận của hối lộ; vì của hối lộ làm cho mù mắt kẻ khôn ngoan, và làm rối lời của người công bình.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

לֹא־תַטֶּ֣ה מִשְׁפָּ֔ט לֹ֥א תַכִּ֖יר פָּנִ֑ים וְלֹא־תִקַּ֣ח שֹׁ֔חַד כִּ֣י הַשֹּׁ֗חַד יְעַוֵּר֙ עֵינֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֔ים וִֽיסַלֵּ֖ף דִּבְרֵ֥י צַדִּיקִֽם׃