Isaiah
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Verse 23
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Isaiah 5

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23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Isaiah 5:23. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 52
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

מַצְדִּיקֵ֥י רָשָׁ֖ע עֵ֣קֶב שֹׁ֑חַד וְצִדְקַ֥ת צַדִּיקִ֖ים יָסִ֥ירוּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ ס

8 word entries
מַצְדִּיקֵ֥י
Lemma
6663
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6663
Occurrences
31
רָשָׁ֖ע
Lemma
7563
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7563
Occurrences
201
עֵ֣קֶב
Lemma
6118
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6118
Occurrences
15
שֹׁ֑חַד
Lemma
7810
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7810
Occurrences
14
וְצִדְקַ֥ת
Lemma
c/6666
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6666
Occurrences
46
צַדִּיקִ֖ים
Lemma
6662
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H6662
Occurrences
160
יָסִ֥ירוּ
Lemma
5493
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5493
Occurrences
191
מִמֶּֽנּוּ
Lemma
4480 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4480
Occurrences
1059
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

οἱ δικαιοῦντες τὸν ἀσεβῆ ἕνεκεν δώρων, καὶ τὸ δίκαιον τοῦ δικαίου αἴροντες.

12 word entries
οἱ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
δικαιοῦντες
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
dikaioyntes
Morphology
present active participle, nominative masculine plural contracted pattern
Gloss
doing ...
Part of Speech
participle
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
τὸν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
ἀσεβῆ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
asebe
Morphology
nominative feminine singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
20
ἕνεκεν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
heneken
Morphology
postpositive preposition with genitive
Gloss
for the sake of, because of
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Causal preposition.
Occurrences
90
δώρων
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
doron
Morphology
Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
Gloss
of ... / being ...
Part of Speech
participle/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
16
καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
τὸ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
δίκαιον
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
dikaios
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
righteous, just
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Righteous, just, upright.
Occurrences
227
τοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
δικαίου
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
dikaioy
Morphology
genitive singular masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
of ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/pronoun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
29
αἴροντες
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
airontes
Morphology
present active participle, nominative masculine plural pattern
Gloss
doing/being ...
Part of Speech
participle
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
19
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܘܡܙܟܝܢ ܠܚܝܒܐ ܡܛܠ ܫܘܚܕܗ ܘܙܟܘܬܗ ܕܙܟܝܐ ܡܥܒܪܝܢ ܡܢܗܘܢ

8 word entries
ܘܡܙܟܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wmzkyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܠܚܝܒܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
lhyb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
3
ܡܛܠ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܡܛܠ
Transliteration
mtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2606
ܫܘܚܕܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
shwhdh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܘܙܟܘܬܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wzkwth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܕܙܟܝܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dzky'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
3
ܡܥܒܪܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
m'bryn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
3
ܡܢܗܘܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
mnhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
261
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

מְזַכָּן לֵיהּ לְחַיָבָא חֲלַף דִמְקַבְּלִין מִנֵיהּ מָמוֹן דִשְׁקַר וּזְכוּת זַכַּיָא בִרְשַׁע מַעֲדָן מִנְהוֹן׃

13 word entries
מְזַכָּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
זכן
Transliteration
mzkn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
לֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ליה
Transliteration
lyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1154
לְחַיָבָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lchyb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
46
חֲלַף
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חלף
Transliteration
chlp
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
157
דִמְקַבְּלִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dmqblyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
2
מִנֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ניה
Transliteration
mnyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
178
מָמוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מון
Transliteration
mmwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
26
דִשְׁקַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שקר
Transliteration
dshqr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
132
וּזְכוּת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wzkwt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
9
זַכַּיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
zky'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
בִרְשַׁע
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
רשע
Transliteration
brsh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
22
מַעֲדָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עדן
Transliteration
m'dn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
254
מִנְהוֹן׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mnhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
201
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

qui justificatis impium pro muneribus, et justitiam justi aufertis ab eo !

11 word entries
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
iustificatis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
iustificatis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
80
impium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
impius
Transliteration
impium
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
267
pro
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pro
Transliteration
pro
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1148
muneribus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
munus
Transliteration
muneribus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
118
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
iustitiam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
iustitiam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
380
iusti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iustus
Transliteration
iusti
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
427
aufertis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aufero
Transliteration
aufertis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
324
ab
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ab
Transliteration
ab
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3693
eo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eo
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Isaiah 10:2

to deprive the needy of justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

6 relevance votes

James 5:6

You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.

5 relevance votes

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

5 relevance votes

Psalms 94:21

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

5 relevance votes

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

4 relevance votes

Micah 7:3

Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe. The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

4 relevance votes

Micah 3:11

Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money; yet they lean on the LORD, and say, “Isn’t the LORD among us? No disaster will come on us.”

4 relevance votes

2 Chronicles 19:7

Now therefore let the fear of the LORD be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 24:24

He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—

3 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

3 relevance votes

1 Kings 21:13

The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.

2 relevance votes
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