Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"You are not to pervert justice for the poor among you in their lawsuits.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Holman Bible
“You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit.
A Conservative Version
Thou shall not distort the justice [due] to thy poor in his case.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.
Amplified
“You shall not pervert (bend) the justice due to your poor in his dispute.
Bible in Basic English
Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy needy in his cause.
King James 2000
You shall not pervert the justice of your poor in his dispute.
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'You will not pervert the justice of your poor in his legal dispute.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his cause.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou shalt not hinder the right of the poor that are among you in their suit.
NET Bible
"You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.
New Heart English Bible
"You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one in his quarrel.
Webster
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
World English Bible
"You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;
Themes
Courts of justice » Judges of » To judge without respect of persons
Injustice » Specially to be avoided towards » The poor
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 23:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Regulations Regarding Justice
5 If you see your enemy's donkey lying helpless under its load, you must not abandon it; rather, you are certainly to return it to him. 6 "You are not to pervert justice for the poor among you in their lawsuits. 7 Stay far away from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent or the righteous, because I won't acquit the guilty.
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Cross References
Exodus 23:2-3
You are not to follow the majority in doing wrong, and you are not to testify in a lawsuit so as to follow the majority and pervert justice.
Leviticus 19:15
"You are not to be unjust in deciding a case. You are not to show partiality to the poor or honor the great. Instead, decide the case of your neighbor with righteousness."
Deuteronomy 16:19
You must not twist justice, show favoritism, or take bribes, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the speech of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 27:19
""Cursed is the one who perverts justice due the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
Ecclesiastes 5:8
Don't be surprised when you see the poor oppressed and the violent perverting both justice and verdicts in a province, for one high official watches another, and there are ones higher still over them.
Isaiah 10:1-2
"How terrible it will be for the one who enacts unjust decrees, for those who write oppressive laws that they have prescribed
Jeremiah 5:28
and have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They don't argue the case of the orphan to secure justice. They don't defend the rights of the poor.
Malachi 3:5
"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
2 Chronicles 19:7
So let the fear of the LORD rest upon you, be on your guard, and act carefully, because with the LORD our God there is neither injustice, nor partiality, nor bribery."
Job 31:13
"If I've refused to help my male and female servants when they complain against me,
Job 31:21-22
if I've raised my hand against an orphan when I thought I would against him in court,
Psalm 82:3-4
"Defend the poor and the fatherless. Vindicate the afflicted and the poor.
Jeremiah 6:28
All of them are very rebellious, going around as slanderers. They're bronze and iron, and all of them are corrupt.
Jeremiah 7:6
and if you don't oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, and don't shed an innocent person's blood in this place, and if you don't follow other gods to your own harm,
Amos 5:11-12
"Therefore, since you trample the poor continuously, taxing his grain, building houses of stone in which you won't live and planting fine vineyards from which you won't drink
Micah 3:1-4
"He will say, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you officials of the house of Israel! You should know justice, should you not?
Zephaniah 3:1-4
Woe to this filthy, polluted, and oppressive city!
James 2:5-6
Listen, my dear brothers! God has chosen the poor in the world to become rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who keep on loving him, has he not?