Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.In other versions
Thou shalt not wrest the justice `due' to thy poor in his cause.
ASV
Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.
BBE
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
DBY
"You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
WEB
`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;
YLT
You shall not shift the judgment of your poor in his cause.
ENG
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
WBT
You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
BSB
In context
4If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
5If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
8And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
