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Exodus 23:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.


Exodus 23:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 23:810 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/שֹׁ֖חַדwəšōḥad
and a bribeconjH7810
gift · present · reward
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תִקָּ֑חtiqāḥ
you must takeverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הַ/שֹּׁ֨חַד֙hašōḥad
bribeparticleH7810
gift · present · reward
יְעַוֵּ֣רyəʿawēr
it makes blindverbH5786
put out. See also
פִּקְחִ֔יםpiqəḥiym
clear-sighted peopleadjH6493
wise
וִֽ/יסַלֵּ֖ףwiysalēp
so it may pervertconjH5557
pervert
דִּבְרֵ֥יdibərēy
the words ofnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
צַדִּיקִֽיםṣadiyqiym
righteous peopleadjH6662
lawful · righteous
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Markus BauerNote2mo ago
The Corruption of the Gift
You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted. This hits different now that I work in nonprofit administration where funding is tight. The temptation to be influenced by who's givin...
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