Isaiah 5:23
World English Bible (WEB)
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!
In context
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
22 Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!
24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have rejected the law of the LORD of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Therefore the LORD’s anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.
Isaiah 5:23 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!
- KJV King James Version
- Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
- ASV American Standard Version
- that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.
- DBY Darby Translation
- who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!
- WBS Webster Bible
- Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!