Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Their hands are filled with wicked schemes, and their right hands with bribes.

New American Standard Bible

In whose hands is a wicked scheme,
And whose right hand is full of bribes.

King James Version

In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Holman Bible

in whose hands are evil schemes
and whose right hands are filled with bribes.

A Conservative Version

in whose hands is wickedness, and their right hand is full of bribes.

American Standard Version

In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes.

Amplified


In whose hands is a wicked scheme,
And whose right hand is full of bribes.

Bible in Basic English

In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.

Darby Translation

In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Julia Smith Translation

Which in their hands mischief, and their right hand filled with sifts.

King James 2000

In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Lexham Expanded Bible

in whose hands [is] an evil plan, and whose right hand is full of bribes.

Modern King James verseion

in whose hands is a plot, and their right hand is full of a bribe.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

in whose hands is wickedness, and their righthand is full of gifts.

NET Bible

who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe.

New Heart English Bible

in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes.

The Emphasized Bible

In whose hands is a plot, and, their right hand, is filled with a bribe.

Webster

In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

World English Bible

in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes.

Youngs Literal Translation

In whose hand is a wicked device, And their right hand is full of bribes.

References

Watsons

Context Readings

Prayer For Vindication

9 Do not group me with sinners, nor include me with men who shed blood. 10 Their hands are filled with wicked schemes, and their right hands with bribes. 11 But as for me, I walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be gracious to me!


Cross References

Exodus 23:8

You are not to take a bribe because a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You must not twist justice, show favoritism, or take bribes, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the speech of the righteous.

1 Samuel 8:3

His sons did not follow Samuel's example. Instead, they pursued dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

Psalm 10:14

But you do see! You take note of trouble and grief in order to take the matter into your own hand. The helpless one commits himself to you; you have been the orphan's helper.

Psalm 11:2

Look, the wicked have bent their bow and placed their arrow on the string, to shoot from the darkness at the upright in heart.

Psalm 36:4

He devises iniquity on his bed and is determined to follow a path that is not good. He does not resist evil.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.

Psalm 55:9-11

Confound them, Lord, and confuse their speech, because I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Proverbs 1:16

For they run toward evil; these enticers shed blood without hesitation.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.

Isaiah 33:15

The one who walks righteously and has spoken sincere words, who rejects gain from extortion and waves his hand, rejecting bribes, who blocks his ears from hearing plots of murder and shuts his eyes against seeing evil

Ezekiel 22:12-13

They take bribes among you to shed blood. You've taken usury and exacted interest. You've gained control over your neighbor through extortion. And you've forgotten me," declares the Lord GOD.

Amos 5:12

and because I know that your transgressions are many, and your sins are numerous as you oppose the righteous, taking bribes as a ransom, and turning away the poor in court

Micah 2:1-3

"Woe to those who are crafting iniquity, planning evil well into the night! When morning's light comes, they carry out their plans because they have the power to do so.

Micah 7:3

And speaking of evil, they practice it eagerly with both hands! Both leader and judge demand a bribe, the famous confess their perverted desires, and they scheme together.

Matthew 26:3-4

Then the high priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

Acts 23:12

In the morning, the Jewish leaders formed a conspiracy and took an oath not to eat or drink anything before they had killed Paul.

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