ESV: Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
NIV: Extortion turns a wise person into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
NASB: For oppression makes a wise person look foolish, And a bribe corrupts the heart.
CSB: Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the mind.
NLT: Extortion turns wise people into fools, and bribes corrupt the heart.
KJV: Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
NKJV: Surely oppression destroys a wise man’s reason, And a bribe debases the heart.
