Proverbs 17:8

Authorized (King James) Version

⁸A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:
whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

Proverbs 17:8

American Standard Version

⁸A bribe is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it;
Whithersoever ^[a]it turneth, ^[b]it ^[c]prospereth.

¹⁸A man void of understanding striketh hands,
and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

¹⁸A man void of ^[a]understanding striketh hands,
And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

²³A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom
to pervert the ways of judgment.

²³A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom,
To pervert the ways of justice.

Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.

American Standard Version (ASV)