Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso doeth wrong, maketh a wise man to go out of his wit, and destroyeth a gentle heart.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Holman Bible
and a bribe destroys the mind.
International Standard Version
Unjust gain makes the wise foolish, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
A Conservative Version
Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding.
American Standard Version
Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.
Amplified
For oppression makes a wise man foolish,
And a bribe corrupts the [good judgment of the] heart.
Bible in Basic English
The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
Darby Translation
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Julia Smith Translation
For oppression will make foolish the wise one; and a gift will destroy the heart.
King James 2000
Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a bribe destroys the heart.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Surely oppression makes a fool of the wise, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
Modern King James verseion
Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a bribe destroys the heart.
NET Bible
Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart.
New Heart English Bible
Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
The Emphasized Bible
For, oppression, maddeneth the wise, - and a bribe, destroyeth the understanding.
Webster
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
World English Bible
Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
Youngs Literal Translation
Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.
Interlinear
Chakam
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 7:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wisdom'Although Vulnerable'Is Beneficial
6 For the laughing of fools is like the crackling of thorns under a pot. And that is but a vain thing. 7 Whoso doeth wrong, maketh a wise man to go out of his wit, and destroyeth a gentle heart. 8 The end of a thing is better than the beginning. The patient of spirit is better than the high minded.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:19
Wrest not the law, nor know any person, neither take any reward: for gifts blind the wise and pervert the words of the righteous.
Exodus 23:8
Thou shalt take no gifts, for gifts blind the seeing and pervert the words of the righteous.
Proverbs 17:23
The ungodly taketh gifts out of the bosom, to wrest the ways of judgment.
Deuteronomy 28:33-34
The fruit of thy land and all thy labours shall a nation eat, which thou knowest not; and thou shalt but suffer violence only and be oppressed always,
Deuteronomy 28:65
And among these nations thou shalt be no small season, and yet shalt have no rest for the sole of thy foot. For the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart and dazing eyes and sorrow of mind.
1 Samuel 8:3
Nevertheless, his sons followed not his steps: but turned aside after lucre and took rewards, and perverted the right.
1 Samuel 12:3
Behold, here I am. Answer me before the LORD and before his anointed, whose ox have I taken? Or whose ass have I taken? Whom have I done wrong to? Or whom have I oppressed? And of whose hand have I received any bribe, to blind mine eyes therewith? And I will restore it you again."
Proverbs 17:8
Liberality is a precious stone unto him that hath it; for wheresoever he becometh, he prospereth.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
So I turned me, and considered all the violent wrong that is done under the Sun, and beheld the tears of such as were oppressed; and there was no man to comfort them or that would deliver and defend them from the violence of their oppressors.
Isaiah 1:23
Thy princes are traitors and companions of thieves. They love gifts altogether, and gape for rewards. As for the fatherless, they help him not to his right, neither will they let the widows causes come before them.
Isaiah 33:15
He that leadeth a godly life - say I - and speaketh the truth; He that abhorreth to do violence and deceit; he that keepeth his hand that he touch no reward; which stoppeth his ears, that he hear no counsel against the innocent; which holdeth down his eyes, that he see none evil.