பரிதானம் வாங்காதிருப்பாயாக; பரிதானம் பார்வையுள்ளவர்களைக் குருடாக்கி, நீதிமான்களின் வார்த்தைகளைப் புரட்டும்.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Webster’s Bible (WBT)
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
World English Bible (WEB)
You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
`And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-`eyed’, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Cross Reference
Deuteronomy 10:17
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
Micah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Amos 5:12
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
Hosea 4:18
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
Ezekiel 22:12
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Isaiah 1:13
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Ecclesiastes 7:7
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Proverbs 19:4
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
1 Samuel 12:3
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
Proverbs 17:8
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Psalm 26:10
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
1 Samuel 8:3
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Proverbs 15:27
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Isaiah 5:23
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Deuteronomy 16:19
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
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