Exodus 23:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִדְּבַר־שֶׁ֖קֶר תִּרְחָ֑ק וְנָקִ֤י וְצַדִּיק֙ אַֽל־תַּהֲרֹ֔ג כִּ֥י לֹא־אַצְדִּ֖יק רָשָֽׁע׃

Transliteration

From-dĕbar-šeqer tirḥāq and-nāqî and-ṣaddîq not-tahărōg for not-ʾaṣdîq rāšāʿ

Grammar Details

*dĕbar*: noun masculine singular construct - word/matter/thing
*šeqer*: noun masculine singular - lie/falsehood/deception
*tirḥāq*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - keep far/stay away
*nāqî*: adjective masculine singular - innocent/free from guilt
*ṣaddîq*: adjective masculine singular - righteous/just person
*tahărōg*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - kill/slay
*ʾaṣdîq*: hiphil imperfect 1st person common singular - justify/declare righteous
*rāšāʿ*: adjective masculine singular - wicked/guilty person

Word Meanings

*dĕbar-šeqer*: false matter/lying word/deceptive thing
*tirḥāq*: keep far/stay away/distance yourself
*nāqî*: innocent/free from guilt/blameless
*ṣaddîq*: righteous/just/innocent person
*ʾaṣdîq*: justify/declare righteous/acquit

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Referenced Verses

Exod 34:7 : 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Exod 23:1 : 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Deut 27:25 : 25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Rom 1:18 : 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Lev 19:11 : 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; 17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; 18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. 21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Exod 20:13 : 13 Thou shalt not kill.
Job 22:23 : 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Prov 17:15 : 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Isa 33:15 : 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
Nah 1:3 : 3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Luke 3:14 : 14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Rom 2:5-6 : 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

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