Parallel Bible results for "exodus 23:1-9"

Exodus 23:1-9

1 non suscipies vocem mendacii nec iunges manum tuam ut pro impio dicas falsum testimonium

1 “Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.

2 non sequeris turbam ad faciendum malum nec in iudicio plurimorum adquiesces sententiae ut a vero devies

2 “Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,

3 pauperis quoque non misereberis in negotio

3 and do not show favoritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.

4 si occurreris bovi inimici tui aut asino erranti reduc ad eu

4 “If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it.

5 si videris asinum odientis te iacere sub onere non pertransibis sed sublevabis cum eo

5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it.

6 non declinabis in iudicio pauperis

6 “Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

7 mendacium fugies insontem et iustum non occides quia aversor impium

7 Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.

8 nec accipias munera quae excaecant etiam prudentes et subvertunt verba iustorum

8 “Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

9 peregrino molestus non eris scitis enim advenarum animas quia et ipsi peregrini fuistis in terra Aegypti

9 “Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

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