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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ושחד לא תקח כי השחד יעור פקחים ויסלף דברי צדיקים
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vSHKHd lA tqKH ky hSHKHd y`vr pqKHym vyslp dbry TSdyqym

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
nec accipias munera quae excaecant etiam prudentes et subvertunt verba iustorum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And you shall take no bribe: for the bribe blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
New King James Version   
And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.
21st Century King James Version   
And thou shalt take no bribe, for the bribe blindeth the wise and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Darby Bible Translation   
And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And thou shalt take no gift: for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
God's Word   
Never take a bribe, because bribes blind those who can see and deny justice to those who are in the right.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words of the righteous.
International Standard Version   
You are not to take a bribe because a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the righteous.
NET Bible   
"You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.
New American Standard Bible   
"You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.
New International Version   
"Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
New Living Translation   
"Take no bribes, for a bribe makes you ignore something that you clearly see. A bribe makes even a righteous person twist the truth.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
The World English Bible   
"You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Do not accept a bribe. A bribe will hide the truth even from honest people. It can make good people tell lies.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
`And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-[eyed], and perverteth the words of the righteous.
New Life Version   
Do not take pay in secret for wrong-doing. For such pay blinds the one who sees well and destroys the words of a good man.
The Voice Bible   
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe can blind those who see and twist the words of those who are in the right.
Living Bible   
“Take no bribes, for a bribe makes you unaware of what you clearly see! A bribe hurts the cause of the person who is right.
New Catholic Bible   
“Do not accept gifts, for gifts blind the clear-sighted and pervert the cause of the righteous.
Legacy Standard Bible   
“And you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
Christian Standard Bible   
You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words of the righteous.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
You shall take no bribe, for the bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the testimony and the cause of the righteous.
New Century Version   
“You must not accept money from a person who wants you to lie in court, because such money will not let you see what is right. Such money makes good people tell lies.
The Message   
“Don’t take bribes. Bribes blind perfectly good eyes and twist the speech of good people.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
You shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and distorts the words of the righteous.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
Good News Translation®   
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe makes people blind to what is right and ruins the cause of those who are innocent.
Wycliffe Bible   
Take thou not gifts, that blind, yea, prudent men, and destroy the words of just men. (Do not take gifts, or bribes, that blind, yea, the prudent, and that destroy the words of the just.)
Contemporary English Version   
Don't accept bribes. Judges are blinded and justice is twisted by bribes.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds officials and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Don’t take a bribe, because a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“You shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the testimony and the cause of the righteous.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Never take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the just.
New American Standard Bible   
“You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.
The Expanded Bible   
“You must not accept ·money from a person who wants you to lie in court [L a bribe], because ·such money will not let you see what is right [L a bribe blinds officials; Prov. 15:27; 17:8; 18:16]. Such money ·makes good people tell lies [undermines the cause of the righteous].
Tree of Life Version   
Take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight, and perverts the words of the righteous.
Revised Standard Version   
And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
New International Reader's Version   
“Do not take money from people who want special favors. It makes you blind to the truth. It twists the words of good people.
BRG Bible   
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Complete Jewish Bible   
You are not to receive a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clearsighted and subverts the cause of the righteous.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And thou shalt take no shochad (bribe, gift); for the shochad blindeth the seeing, and perverteth the words of the tzaddikim.
Names of God Bible   
Never take a bribe, because bribes blind those who can see and deny justice to those who are in the right.
Modern English Version   
You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.
Easy-to-Read Version   
“If someone tries to pay you to agree with them when they are wrong, don’t accept that payment. A payment like that can blind judges so that they cannot see the truth. It can make good people tell lies.
International Children’s Bible   
“You must not accept money from a person who wants you to lie in court. Such money will not let you see what is right. Such money makes good people tell lies.
Lexham English Bible   
And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes the sighted blind and ruins the words of the righteous.
New International Version - UK   
‘Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.