Exodus 23:8
“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.This verse in the real world
In what words
- פִּקֵּחַpiqqêachclear-sighted; figuratively, intelligent
- עָוַרʻâvarto blind
- סָלַףçâlaphproperly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert
- שַׁחַדshachada donation (venal or redemptive)
- לָקַחlâqachto take (in the widest variety of applications)
- דָּבָרdâbâra word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.