Exodus 23:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 23:7

5 ^aIf you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it.

6 ^a“You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute.

7 ^aKeep yourself far from a false matter; ^bdo not kill the innocent and righteous. For ^cI will not justify the wicked.

8 And ^ayou ^bshall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

9 “Also you shall not oppress a¹ stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The Law of Sabbaths

10 ^a“Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce,

Verse Comparison: Exodus 23:7

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

Amplified® Bible
Keep far from a false matter and [be very careful] not to condemn to death the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify {and} acquit the wicked.

Contemporary English Version
Don't bring false charges against anyone or sentence an innocent person to death. I won't forgive you if you do.

Darby English Version
Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.

Good News Bible
Do not make false accusations, and do not put an innocent person to death, for I will condemn anyone who does such an evil thing.

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

New American Standard Bible
"Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.

New International Version
Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.

New King James Version
Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Revised Standard Version
Keep far from a false charge, and do not slay the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

Young's Literal Translation
from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

New English Translation
Keep your distance¹ from a false charge² – do not kill the innocent and the righteous,³ for I will not justify the wicked.⁴

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