Isaiah 5:23
Isaiah 5:21-23 The Message (MSG)
Doom to you who think you’re so smart, who hold such a high opinion of yourselves! All you’re good at is drinking—champion boozers who collect trophies from drinking bouts And then line your pockets with bribes from the guilty while you violate the rights of the innocent.
Isaiah 5:23 King James Version (KJV)
which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Isaiah 5:23 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right!
Isaiah 5:23 New Century Version (NCV)
They take money to set the guilty free and don’t allow good people to be judged fairly.
Isaiah 5:23 American Standard Version (ASV)
that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Isaiah 5:23 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.
Isaiah 5:23 New King James Version (NKJV)
Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away justice from the righteous man!
Isaiah 5:23 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Who justify the wicked and acquit the guilty for a bribe, And take away the rights of those who are in the right!
Isaiah 5:23 New Living Translation (NLT)
They take bribes to let the wicked go free, and they punish the innocent.