23 (A)Who declare the wicked innocent for a bribe,
And (B)take away the [a]rights of the ones who are in the right!

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  1. Isaiah 5:23 Lit justice

23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,(A)
    but deny justice(B) to the innocent.(C)

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

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So as (A)to [a]deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor among My people of their rights,
So (B)that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the [b]orphans.

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  1. Isaiah 10:2 Lit turn the needy aside from
  2. Isaiah 10:2 Or fatherless

to deprive(A) the poor of their rights
    and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,(B)
making widows their prey
    and robbing the fatherless.(C)

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To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

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21 Who [a]cause a person to be indicted by a word,
And (A)set a trap for the arbitrator at the gate,
And [b](B)defraud the one in the right with [c]meaningless arguments.

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  1. Isaiah 29:21 Lit bring a person under condemnation
  2. Isaiah 29:21 Lit turn aside
  3. Isaiah 29:21 Lit confusion

21 those who with a word make someone out to be guilty,
    who ensnare the defender in court(A)
    and with false testimony(B) deprive the innocent of justice.(C)

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21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

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As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;
He (A)devises wicked schemes
To (B)destroy the poor with [a]slander,
(C)Even though the needy one speaks [b]what is right.

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  1. Isaiah 32:7 Lit words of falsehood
  2. Isaiah 32:7 Lit justly

Scoundrels use wicked methods,(A)
    they make up evil schemes(B)
to destroy the poor with lies,
    even when the plea of the needy(C) is just.(D)

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The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

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