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.
KJV
Hebrew original
לֹא תַטֶּ֣ה מִשְׁפָּ֔ט לֹ֥א תַכִּ֖יר פָּנִ֑ים וְ/לֹא תִקַּ֣ח שֹׁ֔חַד כִּ֣י הַ/שֹּׁ֗חַד יְעַוֵּר֙ עֵינֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֔ים וִֽ/יסַלֵּ֖ף דִּבְרֵ֥י צַדִּיקִֽם
Louis Segond 1910
Tu ne porteras atteinte à aucun droit, tu n'auras point égard à l'apparence des personnes, et tu ne recevras point de présent, car les présents aveuglent les yeux des sages et corrompent les paroles des justes.
KJV
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.
Philo Judaeus
De Specialibus Legibus (lib. i‑iv)
ipsius, Att. Process p. 878. hinc corrigendum de confus. Ung. §141 ἀκοὴν μὴ μαρτυρεῖν. 5 Exod. 23,8. Deut. 16,19. 8.9 Mel. Barocc. fol. 42v Φίλωνος: τὸ μὲν δωροδοκεῖν —πονηρευομένων. Maximi cod. Cahir. (v. ad p. 221,12) καὶ τὸ μὲν—πονηρευομένων. παιδευτικῶς Μωυσῆς δικαίως τὸ δίκα…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
moved an occasion of pronouncing unjust judgment, by forbidding judges to accept bribes ( Ex. 23:8 ; Dt. 16:19 ). It prescribed the number of witnesses, viz. two or three: and it appointed certain punishments to certain crimes, as we shall state farther on (ad 10). But with regar…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 89 (Migne)
Non accipies [Col. 1283B] munera, quia munera excaecant oculos sapientum, et mutant verba justorum (Deut. XVI, 19) . Atque iterum: Juste quod justum est exsequeris (Ibid. 20) . Quomodo enim juste quod justum est exsequitur, qui non propter justitiam, sed propter pecuniam in jud…
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