Study it in the app“You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.”
You shall notלֹאpervertתַטֶּהjustice;מִשְׁפָּטyou shall notלֹאshow partiality,תַכִּיר פָּנִיםand you shall notוְלֹאtakeתִקַּחa bribe,שֹׁחַדforכִּיthe bribeהַשֹּׁחַדblindsיְעַוֵּרthe eyesעֵינֵיof the wiseחֲכָמִיםand twistsוִיסַלֵּףthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof the righteous.צַדִּיקִם
turn aside
To leave the straight way, or bend it on purpose.
Where else “tate” appearsjustice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appearsrecognize
To realize who someone is, or notice them.
Where else “takir” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panim” appearsaccept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “tikach” appearsbribe
Bribe: a gift given to a judge to twist his decision.
Where else “shochad” appearsblind
Blind, put out the eyes.
Where else “yeaver” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appearswise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamim” appearspervert
Twist, pervert, overturn.
Where else “ysalef” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearsrighteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadikim” appears18Judges and supervisors you shall appoint for yourself in all your gates that YHWH your Elohim is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
19 · This verse (above)
20Righteousness, righteousness you shall pursue, so that you may live and possess the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you.
