Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the justice of the righteous 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!
Julia Smith Translation
Justifying the unjust on account of a gift, and they will take away the justice of the just 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 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink: 23 Who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the justice of the righteous from him! 24 Therefore as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Cross References
Psalm 94:21
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Isaiah 10:2
To turn aside the needy from justice, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
James 5:6
You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you.
Proverbs 17:15
He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come before them.
Micah 3:11
Her heads judge for reward, and her priests teach for hire, and her prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? no evil can come upon us.
Micah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a bribe; and the great man, he utters his evil desire: so they weave it together.
Exodus 23:6-9
You shall not pervert the justice of your poor in his dispute.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not show partiality, neither take a bribe: for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
1 Kings 21:13
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
2 Chronicles 19:7
Therefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.
Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
Proverbs 24:24
He that says unto the wicked, you are righteous; him shall the people curse, 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 princes strong drink:
Matthew 23:35
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.
Matthew 27:24-25
When Pilate saw that he could gain nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see you to it.