Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the 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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso doeth wrong, maketh a wise man to go out of his wit, and destroyeth a gentle 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 like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless. 7 Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart. 8 The end of a matter is better than its beginning; likewise, patience is better than pride.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:19
You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.
Exodus 23:8
"You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.
Proverbs 17:23
A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.
Deuteronomy 28:33-34
As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives.
Deuteronomy 28:65
Among those nations you will have no rest nor will there be a place of peaceful rest for the soles of your feet, for there the Lord will give you an anxious heart, failing eyesight, and a spirit of despair.
1 Samuel 8:3
But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, and I will return it to you!"
Proverbs 17:8
A bribe works like a charm for the one who offers it; in whatever he does he succeeds.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.
Isaiah 1:23
Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.
Isaiah 33:15
The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others --