Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Justifying the unjust on account of a gift, and they will take away the justice of the just 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!"
A Conservative Version
who justify the wicked for rewards, and take away the justice of the righteous man from him!
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!
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
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woes On The Wicked
22 Wo to the strong to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink: 23 Justifying the unjust on account of a gift, and they will take away the justice of the just from him. 24 For this as the tongue of fire consumes the straw, and the dry grass of flame will collapse: their root shall be as rottenness, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of Jehovah of armies, and the saying of the Holy One of Israel they despised.
Cross References
Psalm 94:21
They shall break in upon the soul of the just one, and they shall condemn innocent blood.
Isaiah 10:2
To turn away the judgment of the powerless, and to strip off judgment of the distressed of my people, for widows to be their plunder, and they will plunder orphans.
James 5:6
Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just one; and he resists you not.
Proverbs 17:15
He justifying the unjust one and he condemning the just one, is an abomination to Jehovah, also they two.
Isaiah 1:23
Thy chiefs turning away, and associates of thieves: every one loving a gift and following recompenses: the orphan they will not judge, and the cause of the widow will not come to them.
Micah 3:11
Her heads will judge for a gift, and her priests will teach for hire, and her prophets will divine for silver: and they will lean upon Jehovah, saying, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? he will not bring evil upon us.
Micah 7:3
For doing evil with the hands to do well, the chief asking, and the judge, for peace; and the great one, he spake the mischief of his soul: and they will entangle it
Exodus 23:6-9
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy needy in his cause.
Deuteronomy 16:19
Thou shalt not turn away Judgment; thou shalt not look upon and thou shalt not take a gift, for the gift will blind the eyes of the wise and will pervert the words of the just.
1 Kings 21:13
And two men will come, sons of Belial, and they will set before him: and the men of Belial will testify against Naboth before the people, saying, Naboth praised Jehovah and the king. And they will bring him without the city, and stone him with stones, and he will die.
2 Chronicles 19:7
And now the fear of Jehovah shall be upon you: watch ye and do: for not iniquity with Jehovah our God, and lifting up of faces, and taking a gift
Proverbs 17:23
The unjust one will take a gift from the bosom to turn, aside the paths of judgment
Proverbs 24:24
He saying to the unjust, Thou art just; peoples shall curse him, and nations shall curse him:
Proverbs 31:4-5
Not for kings, O Lemuel, not for kings to drink and for princes the desire of strong drink:
Matthew 23:35
So that all the just blood shed upon the earth might come upon you, from the blood of just Abel to the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye killed between the temple and altar.
Matthew 27:24-25
And Pilate, seeing that it profits nothing, but there is rather an uproar, having taken water, he washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this just one: ye shall see yourselves.