Exodus 23:7 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

More versions

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Keep far from a false matter and [be very careful] not to condemn to death the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify and acquit the wicked.

American Standard Version (1901)

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Common English Bible

Stay away from making a false charge. Don’t put an innocent person who is in the right to death, because I will not consider innocent those who do such evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

You shall flee from lies. The innocent and the just you shall not kill. For I shun the impious.