Parallel Verses
- Christian Standard Bible - Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the mind.
- 新标点和合本 - 勒索使智慧人变为愚妄； 贿赂能败坏人的慧心。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 勒索使智慧人变为愚妄， 贿赂能败坏人的心。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 勒索使智慧人变为愚妄， 贿赂能败坏人的心。
- 当代译本 - 欺压使智者变愚昧， 贿赂败坏人心。
- 圣经新译本 - 勒索会使智慧人变为愚妄， 贿赂能败坏人心。
- 中文标准译本 - 欺压使智慧人愚妄， 贿赂能败坏人的心。
- 现代标点和合本 - 勒索使智慧人变为愚妄， 贿赂能败坏人的慧心。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 勒索使智慧人变为愚妄， 贿赂能败坏人的慧心。
- New International Version - Extortion turns a wise person into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
- New International Reader's Version - When a wise person takes wealth by force, they become foolish. It is sinful to take money from people who want special favors.
- English Standard Version - Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
- New Living Translation - Extortion turns wise people into fools, and bribes corrupt the heart.
- The Message - Brutality stupefies even the wise And destroys the strongest heart.
- New American Standard Bible - For oppression makes a wise person look foolish, And a bribe corrupts the heart.
- New King James Version - Surely oppression destroys a wise man’s reason, And a bribe debases the heart.
- Amplified Bible - For oppression makes a wise man foolish, And a bribe corrupts the [good judgment of the] heart.
- American Standard Version - Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.
- King James Version - Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
- New English Translation - Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart.
- World English Bible - Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
- 新標點和合本 - 勒索使智慧人變為愚妄； 賄賂能敗壞人的慧心。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 勒索使智慧人變為愚妄， 賄賂能敗壞人的心。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 勒索使智慧人變為愚妄， 賄賂能敗壞人的心。
- 當代譯本 - 欺壓使智者變愚昧， 賄賂敗壞人心。
- 聖經新譯本 - 勒索會使智慧人變為愚妄， 賄賂能敗壞人心。
- 呂振中譯本 - 勒索之利使智慧人變為狂妄； 賄賂禮能毁滅 人的 心。
- 中文標準譯本 - 欺壓使智慧人愚妄， 賄賂能敗壞人的心。
- 現代標點和合本 - 勒索使智慧人變為愚妄， 賄賂能敗壞人的慧心。
- 文理和合譯本 - 智者勒索、則成為愚、賄賂敗人明哲、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 非義之利、使智為狂、惟行賄賂、壞人心術。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 暴虐能使智者為狂、賄賂能壞人心術、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - La extorsión entorpece al sabio, y el soborno corrompe su corazón.
- 현대인의 성경 - 탐욕은 지혜로운 사람을 어리석게 만들고 뇌물은 사람의 마음을 부패하게 한다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Притеснение превращает мудрого человека в глупца, и взятка портит сердце.
- Восточный перевод - Притеснение превращает мудрого человека в глупца, и взятка портит сердце.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Притеснение превращает мудрого человека в глупца, и взятка портит сердце.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Притеснение превращает мудрого человека в глупца, и взятка портит сердце.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - L’oppression peut rendre le sage insensé, et les cadeaux lui corrompre le cœur.
- リビングバイブル - 知恵ある者も、わいろによって愚かな者になる。 わいろは人の判断力を麻痺させるからだ。
- Nova Versão Internacional - A opressão transforma o sábio em tolo, e o suborno corrompe o coração.
- Hoffnung für alle - Wenn ein Verständiger sich unter Druck setzen lässt, wird er zum Narren; wer Bestechungsgeschenke annimmt, lässt sich den Verstand vernebeln.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Của hối lộ khiến người khôn hóa dại, và nó làm hư hỏng lòng người.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เมื่อคนฉลาดกดขี่ผู้อื่น เขาก็ทำตัวเหมือนคนโง่ และเมื่อรับสินบน ก็ทำให้ชีวิตเสื่อมทราม
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ผู้มีสติปัญญาที่กดขี่ข่มเหงเป็นประหนึ่งผู้โง่เขลา และการรับสินบนทำให้เขาขาดความเที่ยงธรรม
Cross Reference
- Isaiah 33:15 - The one who lives righteously and speaks rightly, who refuses profit from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots and shuts his eyes against evil schemes —
- Proverbs 17:8 - A bribe seems like a magic stone to its owner; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
- Deuteronomy 28:65 - You will find no peace among those nations, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despondent spirit.
- Deuteronomy 28:33 - A people you don’t know will eat your land’s produce and everything you have labored for. You will only be oppressed and crushed continually.
- Deuteronomy 28:34 - You will be driven mad by what you see.
- Isaiah 1:23 - Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow’s case never comes before them.
- 1 Samuel 8:3 - However, his sons did not walk in his ways — they turned toward dishonest profit, took bribes, and perverted justice.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1 - Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun. Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.
- 1 Samuel 12:3 - Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and his anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Who have I wronged or mistreated? Who gave me a bribe to overlook something? I will return it to you.”
- Proverbs 17:23 - A wicked person secretly takes a bribe to subvert the course of justice.
- Exodus 23:8 - You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 16:19 - Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.