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.
Deuteronomy 16:19 in other translations
| BSB | Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. |
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| WEB | You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. |
| ASV | Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. |
| YLT | Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. |
| DARBY | Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. |
| BBE | You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Deuteronomy 16:19 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 16:18-20
18-20. Judges and officers shalt thou make--These last meant heralds or bailiffs, employed in executing the sentence of their superiors. in all thy gates--The gate was the place of public resort among the Israelites and other Eastern people, where business was transacted and causes decided. The Ottoman Porte derived its name from the administration of justice at its gates.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:18-22
Care is taken for the due administration of justice. All personal regards must be laid aside, so that right is done to all, and wrong to none. Care is taken to prevent following the idolatrous customs of the heathen. Nothing belies God more, or tends more to corrupt the minds of men, than representing and worshipping, by an image, that God, who is an almighty and eternal Spirit, present every where. Alas! even in…
Deuteronomy 16:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 16:19
- Leviticus 19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
- Exodus 23:2
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
- Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
- Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
- Habakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
- Deuteronomy 10:17
For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
- Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
- Ecclesiastes 7:7
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
- Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Proverbs 24:23
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
- Micah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
- Acts 16:37
But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
24:17; 27:19; Ex 23:2,6-8; Le 19:15; 1Sa 8:3; 12:3; Job 31:21,22
Pr 17:23; Ec 7:7; Isa 1:17,23; 33:15; Jer 5:28; Eze 22:12; Mic 7:3
Hab 1:4; Zep 3:3-5; Ac 16:37; 23:3
respect.
1:16,17; 10:17; Ex 23:7,8; Pr 24:23,28; Ac 10:34
words. or, matters.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 16:18
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 16:20
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 16:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No tuerzas el derecho; no hagas acepción de personas, ni tomes soborno; porque el soborno ciega los ojos de los sabios, y pervierte las palabras de los justos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu ne feras pas fléchir le jugement; tu ne feras pas acception de personnes; et tu ne recevras pas de présent; car le présent aveugle les yeux des sages et pervertit les paroles des justes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du sollst das Recht nicht beugen, du sollst die Person nicht ansehen und kein Geschenk nehmen, denn das Geschenk blendet die Augen der Weisen und verkehrt die Worte der Gerechten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | nec in alteram partem declinent. Non accipies personam, nec munera: quia munera excæcant oculos sapientum, et mutant verba justorum. |