Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding.

New American Standard Bible

For oppression makes a wise man mad,
And a bribe corrupts the heart.

King James Version

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

Unjust gain makes the wise foolish, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Whoso doeth wrong, maketh a wise man to go out of his wit, and destroyeth a gentle 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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עשׁק 
`osheq 
Usage: 15

חכם 
Chakam 
Usage: 137

and a gift
מתּנה 
Mattanah 
gifts, as he is able
Usage: 17

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Wisdom'Although Vulnerable'Is Beneficial

6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity. 7 Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding. 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:19

Thou shall not distort justice. Thou shall not respect persons, neither shall thou take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Exodus 23:8

And thou shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

Deuteronomy 28:33-34

The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation eat up which thou know not. And thou shall only be oppressed and crushed always,

Deuteronomy 28:65

And among these nations thou shall find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot, but LORD will give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul.

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am. Witness against me before LORD, and before his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or of whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with i

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever it turns, it prospers.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They judge not the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly. He who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil.

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