NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Thou shalt not wrestnatah (naw-taw') to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield. judgment mishpat (mish-pawt') a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective thou shalt not respect nakar (naw-kar') acknowledge, could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another, know, take knowledge (notice), perceive, regard, (have) respect, behave (make) self strange(-ly). persons paniym (paw-neem') the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) neither take laqach (law-kakh') to take (in the widest variety of applications) a gift shachad (shakh'-ad) a donation (venal or redemptive) -- bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward. for a gift shachad (shakh'-ad) a donation (venal or redemptive) -- bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward. doth blind `avar (aw-var') to blind -- blind, put out. the eyes `ayin (ah'-yin) an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) of the wise chakam (khaw-kawm') wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful) -- cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise(hearted), man). and pervert calaph (saw-laf') to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert -- overthrow, pervert. the words dabar (daw-baw') a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause of the righteous tsaddiyq (tsad-deek') just -- just, lawful, righteous (man). Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. International Standard Version You must not twist justice, show favoritism, or take bribes, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the speech of the righteous. NET Bible You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous. GOD'S WORD® Translation Never pervert justice. Instead, be impartial. Never take a bribe, because bribes blind wise people and deny justice to those who are in the right. King James 2000 Bible You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not show partiality, neither take a bribe: for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. Links Deuteronomy 16:19Deuteronomy 16:19 NIV Deuteronomy 16:19 NLT Deuteronomy 16:19 ESV Deuteronomy 16:19 NASB Deuteronomy 16:19 KJV |
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