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A Conservative Version
who justify the wicked for rewards, and take away the justice of the righteous man from him!
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Holman Bible
and deprive the innocent of justice.
International Standard Version
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of justice!"
American Standard Version
that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Amplified
Who justify the wicked and acquit the guilty for a bribe,
And take away the rights of those who are in the right!
Bible in Basic English
Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.
Darby Translation
who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!
Julia Smith Translation
Justifying the unjust on account of a gift, and they will take away the justice of the just from him.
King James 2000
Who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the justice of the righteous from him!
Lexham Expanded Bible
Those who acquit the guilty because of a bribe and remove [the] justice of [the] innocent from him.
Modern King James verseion
who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
These give sentence with the ungodly for rewards, but condemn the just cause of the righteous.
NET Bible
They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.
New Heart English Bible
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent.
The Emphasized Bible
Who justify the lawless, for a bribe, - Whereas the righteousness of the righteous, they take from him.
Webster
Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
World English Bible
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!
Youngs Literal Translation
Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.
Themes
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Denounces existing corruptions
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 5:23
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Context Readings
Woes On The Wicked
22 Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink, 23 who justify the wicked for rewards, and take away the justice of the righteous man from him! 24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have rejected the law of LORD of hosts, an
Cross References
Psalm 94:21
They gather themselves together against the soul of a righteous man, and condemn innocent blood.
Isaiah 10:2
to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
James 5:6
Ye have condemned, ye have murdered the righteous man. He is not hostile to you.
Proverbs 17:15
He who justifies a wicked man, and he who condemns a righteous man, both of them alike are an abomination to LORD.
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.
Micah 3:11
The heads of it judge for a bribe, and the priests of it teach for a wage, and the prophets of it divine for money. Yet they lean upon LORD, and say, Is not LORD in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us.
Micah 7:3
Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler asks, and the judge [is ready] for a bribe. And the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.
Exodus 23:6-9
Thou shall not distort the justice [due] to thy poor in his case.
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.
1 Kings 21:13
And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. And the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth cursed God and the king. Then they carried him forth o
2 Chronicles 19:7
Now therefore let the fear of LORD be upon you. Take heed and do it. For there is no iniquity with LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.
Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.
Proverbs 24:24
He who says to a wicked man, Thou are righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him.
Proverbs 31:4-5
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers [to say], Where is strong drink?
Matthew 23:35
so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
Matthew 27:24-25
And when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather an uproar was developing, after taking water, he washed his hands in front of the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man. See ye to it.