Exodus 23:7
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.In other versions
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
ASV
Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.
BBE
Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.
DBY
"Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.
WEB
from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.
YLT
Keep you far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay you not: for I will not justify the wicked.
ENG
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
WBT
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
BSB
In context
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.
9Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.