Isaiah 5:23
What does Isaiah 5:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 5:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
KJV
King James Version · 1611Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752That justify the wicked for gifts, and take away the justice of the just from him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!
Context
v.22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;
v.23This passage
v.24Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Micah 3:11
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
- James 5:6
Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you.
- Proverbs 24:24
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;
- Proverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
- Isaiah 10:2
to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
- Matthew 23:35
that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.
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