Proverbios 17:23

23 El impío toma soborno en secreto para pervertir las veredas del derecho

Proverbios 17:23 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom
Of another, of a rich man, who takes it out from thence, and offers it to him as a bribe. This he takes in the most secret manner, that it might not be seen by others; though the Arabic version renders it, "he that receives a gift in his own bosom commits iniquity"; it is true of both the giver and the receiver; the one gives out of his bosom, and the other takes if from thence, and puts it into his own, and both are wicked. And the words are by some rendered, though it seems contrary to the accents, "a gift out of the bosom of the wicked he will take" ^F26; the unjust judge, who is bribed with it: to pervert the ways of judgment;
to turn the course of justice, and hinder it from taking place; favouring a bad cause, and pronouncing a wrong sentence, which is wresting judgment.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (xqy evr qyxm dxv) "munus de sinu impii accipiet", Baynus.

Proverbios 17:23 In-Context

21 El que engendra al loco, para su tristeza lo engendra; y el padre del loco no se alegrará

22 El corazón alegre hará bien como una medicina; mas el espíritu triste seca los huesos

23 El impío toma soborno en secreto para pervertir las veredas del derecho

24 En el rostro del entendido aparece la sabiduría; mas los ojos del loco manifiestan su locura hasta el cabo de la tierra

25 El hijo loco es enojo a su padre, y amargura a la que lo engendró