Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

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.

International Standard Version

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

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 sweep me away with sinners, or execute me along with violent people, 10 who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe. 11 But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me!


Cross References

Exodus 23:8

"You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.

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.

1 Samuel 8:3

But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.

Psalm 10:14

You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

Psalm 11:2

For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.

Psalm 36:4

He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

Psalm 55:9-11

Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city.

Proverbs 1:16

for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

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 --

Ezekiel 22:12-13

They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord.

Amos 5:12

Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.

Micah 2:1-3

Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.

Micah 7:3

They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.

Matthew 26:3-4

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

Acts 23:12

When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

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