Exodus 23:7 - Revised Version 1885 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Keep far from a false matter and [be very careful] not to condemn to death the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify and acquit the wicked. American Standard Version (1901) Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. Common English Bible Stay away from making a false charge. Don’t put an innocent person who is in the right to death, because I will not consider innocent those who do such evil. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall flee from lies. The innocent and the just you shall not kill. For I shun the impious. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt fly lying. The innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death: because I abhor the wicked. |