Compare Translations for Proverbs 17:23

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Holman Christian Standard Bible
23 A wicked man secretly takes a bribe to subvert the course of justice.
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English Standard Version
23 The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.
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King James Version
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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The Message Bible
23 The wicked take bribes under the table; they show nothing but contempt for justice.
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New American Standard Bible
23 A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom To pervert the ways of justice.
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New International Version
23 The wicked accept bribes in secret to pervert the course of justice.
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New King James Version
23 A wicked man accepts a bribe behind the back To pervert the ways of justice.
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New Living Translation
23 The wicked take secret bribes to pervert the course of justice.
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New Revised Standard
23 The wicked accept a concealed bribe to pervert the ways of justice.
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American Standard Version
23 A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.
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The Bible in Basic English
23 A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.
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Common English Bible
23 The wicked take secret bribes to twist the way of justice.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
23 The wicked take secret bribes to twist the way of justice.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
23 From under a cloak a bad man takes a bribe to pervert the course of justice.
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The Darby Translation
23 A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.
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Good News Translation
23 Corrupt judges accept secret bribes, and then justice is not done.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
23 Corrupt judges accept secret bribes, and then justice is not done.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
23 A wicked person secretly accepts a bribe to corrupt the ways of justice.
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Hebrew Names Version
23 A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, To pervert the ways of justice.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
23 A wicked man takes a gift in secret to pervert the paths of judgment.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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Lexham English Bible
23 The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap, [in order] to pervert the ways of justice.
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Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha
23 The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in bosom do not prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness.
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New Century Version
23 When the wicked accept money to do wrong there can be no justice.
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New International Reader's Version
23 Anyone who does wrong accepts favors in secret. Then he turns what is right into wrong.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
23 The wicked accept a concealed bribe to pervert the ways of justice.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
23 The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.
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Revised Standard Version
23 A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
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23 A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
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Third Millennium Bible
23 A wicked man taketh a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
23 A wicked man taketh a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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The Latin Vulgate
23 munera de sinu impius accipit ut pervertat semitas iudicii
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
23 munera de sinu impius accipit ut pervertat semitas iudicii
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The Webster Bible
23 A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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World English Bible
23 A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, To pervert the ways of justice.
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Wycliffe
23 A wicked man taketh gifts from the bosom, to mis-turn the paths of doom. (A wicked person accepeth secret gifts, or bribes, to pervert the course of justice.)
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Young's Literal Translation
23 A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.
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