Exodus 23:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.”
Exodus 23:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 23:7 in 6 Bible Translations
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Exodus 23:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.”
Exodus 23:7 — World English Bible
Exodus 23:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.”
Exodus 23:7 — American Standard Version
Exodus 23:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
Exodus 23:7 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 23:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.”
Exodus 23:7 — Darby Translation
Exodus 23:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Thou shalt keepe thee farre from a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man.”
Exodus 23:7 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 23:7 in Context — Exodus 23
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
What Does Exodus 23:7 Mean?
Exodus 23:7 is a verse from the Book of Exodus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Exodus chapter 23. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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