Parallel Verses
King James Version
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
New American Standard Bible
And a
Holman Bible
and a bribe destroys the mind.
International Standard Version
Unjust gain makes the wise foolish, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
A Conservative Version
Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding.
American Standard Version
Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.
Amplified
For oppression makes a wise man foolish,
And a bribe corrupts the [good judgment of the] heart.
Bible in Basic English
The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
Darby Translation
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Julia Smith Translation
For oppression will make foolish the wise one; and a gift will destroy the heart.
King James 2000
Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a bribe destroys the heart.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Surely oppression makes a fool of the wise, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
Modern King James verseion
Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a bribe destroys the heart.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso doeth wrong, maketh a wise man to go out of his wit, and destroyeth a gentle heart.
NET Bible
Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart.
New Heart English Bible
Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
The Emphasized Bible
For, oppression, maddeneth the wise, - and a bribe, destroyeth the understanding.
Webster
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
World English Bible
Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
Youngs Literal Translation
Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.
Interlinear
Chakam
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 7:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wisdom'Although Vulnerable'Is Beneficial
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:19
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.
Exodus 23:8
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Deuteronomy 28:33-34
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
Deuteronomy 28:65
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
1 Samuel 8:3
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
1 Samuel 12:3
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
Proverbs 17:8
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Isaiah 1:23
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.
Isaiah 33:15
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;