Exodus 23:8
And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
Tamil Indian Revised Version
லஞ்சம் வாங்காதே; லஞ்சம் பார்வையுள்ளவர்களைக் குருடாக்கி, நீதிமான்களின் வார்த்தைகளைப் புரட்டும்.
Tamil Easy Reading Version
“ஒருவன் தவறு செய்யும்போது அவன் செயலை ஆமோதிப்பதற்காக ஒருவன் உனக்கு லஞ்சம் கொடுக்க வந்தால் அதை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளாதே. நீதிபதிகள் உண்மையைப் பார்க்காதபடிக்கு இத்தகைய பணம் நீதிபதிகளைக் குருடாக்கும். அந்தப் பணம் உண்மையுள்ளவர்களையும் பொய்யராக்கும்.
Thiru Viviliam
கையூட்டு வாங்காதே. கையூட்டு, பார்வையுடையவரையும் குருடராக்கும். நேர்மையாளரின் வழக்கையும் புரட்டிவிடும்.⒫
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.
யாத்திராகமம் Exodus 23:8
பரிதானம் வாங்காதிருப்பாயாக; பரிதானம் பார்வையுள்ளவர்களைக் குருடாக்கி, நீதிமான்களின் வார்த்தைகளைப் புரட்டும்.
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
| וְשֹׁ֖חַד | wĕšōḥad | veh-SHOH-hahd | |
| לֹ֣א | lōʾ | loh | |
| תִקָּ֑ח | tiqqāḥ | tee-KAHK | |
| כִּ֤י | kî | kee | |
| הַשֹּׁ֙חַד֙ | haššōḥad | ha-SHOH-HAHD | |
| יְעַוֵּ֣ר | yĕʿawwēr | yeh-ah-WARE | |
| פִּקְחִ֔ים | piqḥîm | peek-HEEM | |
| וִֽיסַלֵּ֖ף | wîsallēp | vee-sa-LAFE | |
| דִּבְרֵ֥י | dibrê | deev-RAY | |
| צַדִּיקִֽים׃ | ṣaddîqîm | tsa-dee-KEEM |
Cross Reference
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not shift judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Isaiah 5:23
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Proverbs 15:27
He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates gifts shall live.
Proverbs 17:8
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: anywhere it turns, it prospers.
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 illegal gain, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Micah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man, he utters 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 all of you.
Ezekiel 22:12
In you have they taken gifts to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbours by extortion, and have forgotten me, says 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 makes a wise man mad; and a gift destroys the heart.
Proverbs 19:4
Wealth makes 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.
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 regards not persons, nor takes reward:
Tags பரிதானம் வாங்காதிருப்பாயாக பரிதானம் பார்வையுள்ளவர்களைக் குருடாக்கி நீதிமான்களின் வார்த்தைகளைப் புரட்டும்
Exodus 23:8 Concordance Exodus 23:8 Interlinear Exodus 23:8 Image