Isaiah 5:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַצְדִּיקֵ֥י רָשָׁ֖ע עֵ֣קֶב שֹׁ֑חַד וְצִדְקַ֥ת צַדִּיקִ֖ים יָסִ֥ירוּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

Transliteration

Those who maṣdîqê rāšāʿ for ʿēqeb šōḥad, and the wəṣidqat of ṣaddîqîm they yāsîrû from him.

Grammar Details

• *maṣdîqê*: hiphil participle masculine plural construct - justifying
• *rāšāʿ*: masculine singular adjective - wicked
• *ʿēqeb*: masculine singular construct - consequence of/reward of
• *šōḥad*: masculine singular noun - bribe
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *ṣidqat*: feminine singular construct - righteousness of
• *ṣaddîqîm*: masculine plural adjective - righteous ones
• *yāsîrû*: hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they take away
• *mimmenû*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - from him

Word Meanings

• *maṣdîqê*: justifying/acquitting/declaring righteous
• *ʿēqeb*: consequence/reward/because
• *šōḥad*: bribe/gift/reward

Referenced Verses

• Ps 94:21 : 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
• Isa 10:2 : 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
• Jas 5:6 : 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
• Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
• Mic 3:11 : 11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
• Mic 7:3 : 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
• Prov 17:15 : 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
• Prov 17:23 : 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
• Prov 24:24 : 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
• Prov 31:4-5 : 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
• Exod 23:6-9 : 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. 8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
• Deut 16:19 : 19 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.
• 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
• 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
• Matt 23:35 : 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
• Matt 27:24-25 : 24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.