Verse 19

You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Du skal ikke forvrenge rettferdighet, vise partiskhet, eller ta imot bestikkelser, for bestikkelser blindet de vises øyne og forvrenger de rettferdiges ord.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Du skal ikke bøye retten; du skal ikke vise partiskhet; heller ikke ta imot en gave, for en gave blender de vises øyne og forvrenger de rettferdiges ord.

• Norsk King James

  Du skal ikke forvrenge dommen; du skal ikke favorisere noen, heller ikke ta imot en gave, for en gave blindet de vises øyne og forvrenger de rettferdiges ord.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du skal ikke bøye retten, og du skal ikke vise partiskhet, heller ikke ta imot bestikkelser, for bestikkelser forblinder de klokes øyne og forvrenger de rettferdiges saker.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Ikke bøy retten; ikke vis partiskhet; ta ikke imot bestikkelser, for bestikkelsen blindgjør vise menns øyne og forvrenger ord fra de rettferdige.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Du skal ikke forvrenge dommen, du skal ikke vise partikularisme, og du skal ikke ta imot bestikkelser, for bestikkelser blender øynene til de kloke og forvrenger ordene til de rettferdige.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Du skal ikke forvrenge dommen; du skal ikke favorisere noen eller motta bestikkelser, for en gave gjør de vise blinde og forvrenger den rettferdiges ord.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Du skal ikke forvrenge dommen, du skal ikke vise partikularisme, og du skal ikke ta imot bestikkelser, for bestikkelser blender øynene til de kloke og forvrenger ordene til de rettferdige.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Du skal ikke vri retten, ikke vise noen gunst ved ansikt, og du skal ikke ta imot bestikkelser, for bestikkelser gjør vise blinde og fordreier rettferdiges ord.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Du må ikke forvrenge rettferdighet, ikke være partisk og ikke ta imot bestikkelser, for bestikkelsen forblindet visdommens øyne og fordreier de rettferdiges ord.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du skal ikke bøie Retten, du skal og ikke ansee Nogens Person, og du skal ikke tage Gave; thi Gaven forblinder de Vises Øine og forvender de Retfærdiges Sager.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Du skal ikke vri retten; du skal ikke være partisk, og du skal ikke ta gaver, for gaver blinder øynene til de vise og forvrenger ord fra de rettferdige.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Du skal ikke forvrenge rettferdigheten: du skal ikke vise gunst; heller ikke ta imot bestikkelse; for bestikkelse forblindet øynene til de vise og vrir ordene til de rettferdige.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Du skal ikke bøye retten, du skal ikke se hen til personer eller ta imot bestikkelser, for bestikkelser blindser de vises øyne og forvender de rettferdiges ord.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Du skal ikke bøye retten: du skal ikke vise partiskhet; og du skal ikke ta imot bestikkelser, for bestikkelser forblinder de vises øyne og fordreier rettferdiges ord.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Du skal ikke la deg påvirke av en manns stilling i din dom, og du skal ikke ta imot gaver; for gaver forblindet den vise og forvrenger den rettferdiges beslutning.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Wrest not the lawe nor knowe any persone nether take any rewarde: for giftes blynde the wise and peruerte the wordes of the righteous.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou shalt not wrest the lawe. Thou shalt knowe no personne also, ner take giftes. For giftes blynde the eyes of ye wyse, & peruerte ye righteous causes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, & peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wrest not thou the lawe, nor knowe any person, neither take any rewarde: for giftes do blinde the eyes of the wise, & peruert the wordes of the righteous.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 23:2 : 2 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to pervert justice by following the majority.
• Lev 19:15 : 15 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.
• Eccl 7:7 : 7 Surely oppression makes a wise man mad, and a bribe destroys the heart.
• Exod 23:6-8 : 6 You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute. 7 Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked. 8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.
• Deut 10:17 : 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, mighty and awesome, who does not show partiality nor take a bribe:
• Deut 24:17 : 17 You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as a pledge:
• Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he who perverts the judgment of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
• Prov 17:23 : 23 A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.
• Prov 24:23 : 23 These sayings also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.
• Prov 24:28 : 28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
• 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 But his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
• 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes with it? and I will restore it to you.
• Job 31:21-22 : 21 If I have lifted my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate; 22 Then let my arm fall from my shoulder blade, and let my arm be broken at the bone.
• Deut 1:16-17 : 16 And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger who is with him. 17 You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of anyone, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too difficult for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.
• Isa 1:17 : 17 Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
• Isa 1:23 : 23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they do not judge the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
• Isa 33:15 : 15 He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;
• Jer 5:28 : 28 They have grown fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy they do not judge.
• Ezek 22:12 : 12 In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me, says the Lord GOD.
• Mic 7:3 : 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
• Hab 1:4 : 4 Therefore the law is powerless, and justice never goes forth, for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore perverse judgment proceeds.
• Zeph 3:3-5 : 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not gnaw the bones until the morning. 4 Her prophets are light and treacherous people: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. 5 The just LORD is in the midst of her; he will not do wrong: every morning he brings his judgment to light, he fails not; but the unjust know no shame.
• Acts 10:34 : 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality:
• Acts 16:37 : 37 But Paul said to them, They have beaten us openly, uncondemned Romans, and have thrown us into prison. And now do they press us out secretly? No indeed! Let them come themselves and get us out.
• Acts 23:3 : 3 Then Paul said to him, God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! For do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?