King James Version
Exodus 23:7 in the King James Version says “Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.”
Exodus 23:7 · KJV
If 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. and: or, wilt thou cease to help him? or, and wouldest cease to leave thy business for him: thou shalt surely leave it to join with him
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. the wise: Heb. the seeing
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. heart: Heb. soul
KJV Study — Public Domain
“matter”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“Keep thee far”
H7368to widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“thou not for I will not justify”
H6663to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
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