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Isaiah 5:23

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

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מַצְדִּיקֵ֥יmatsdiqecleanseצָדַקverb, hiphil, participle, construct — “cleanse”, a verb used as a describing wordH6663to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).רָשָׁ֖עrashaguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.עֵ֣קֶבeqevforעֵקֶבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “for”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6118a heel, i.e. (figuratively) the last of anything (used adverbially, for ever); also result, i.e. compensation; and so (adverb with preposition or relatively) on account of[idiom] because, by, end, for, if, reward.שֹׁ֑חַדshochadbribeשַׁחַדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “bribe”, the ordinary formH7810a donation (venal or redemptive)bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward.וְצִדְקַ֥תvetsidqatand justiceצְדָקָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and justice”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).צַדִּיקִ֖יםtsadiqimjustצַדִּיקadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “just”, the ordinary formH6662justjust, lawful, righteous (man).יָסִ֥ירוּyasirvturnסוּרverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “turn”, an unfinished actionH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…מִמֶּֽנּוּmimenvfromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

That justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

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American Standard Version (1901)

that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Young’s Literal Translation

Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

World English Bible

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

Darby Translation

who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!

Douay-Rheims

That justify the wicked for gifts, and take away the justice of the just from him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

That justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

who justify the ungodly for rewards, and take away the righteousness of the righteous.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

οἱ δικαιοῦντες τὸν ἀσεβῆ ἕνεκεν δώρων, καὶ τὸ δίκαιον τοῦ δικαίου αἴροντες.