Passage
Exodus 23.2
Book: Exodus · NASB95
Immediate context (±2 verses)
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ASV (ASV)
- Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
2. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:
- neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause. 4. If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. (Exodus 23:1-4, ASV)
WEB (WEB)
- “You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
2. “You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.
- You shall not favor a poor man in his cause. 4. “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. (Exodus 23:1-4, WEB)
KJV (KJV)
- Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. raise: or, receive
2. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: speak: Heb. answer
- Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 4. If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. (Exodus 23:1-4, KJV)
YLT (YLT)
- 'Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.
2. 'Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause [others] to turn aside;
- and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife. 4. 'When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him; (Exodus 23:1-4, YLT)
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Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
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