Ecclesiastes 7:7 in English

⁷ Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.

⁷ For oppression makes a wise man mad, and destroys his noble heart.

⁷ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

⁷ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

⁷ As the sound of thorns under a caldron, so is the laughter of fools: this is also vanity.

⁷ Surely extortion maketh a wise man foolish; and a gift destroyeth the understanding.

⁷ When wise people say to others, “You must pay me a lot of money for me to protect you,” that causes those wise people to become foolish, and accepting bribes causes people to become unable to do what is fair/just.

⁷ As the sound of thorns under a cauldron, so is the laughter of fools: this is also vanity.

⁷ Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

⁷ Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

⁷ Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

⁷ The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

⁷ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart.

⁷ For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.

⁷ Extorting money from others makes wise people into fools, and accepting bribes corrupts the mind.

⁷ Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

⁷ Surely oppression turneth a wise man into a fool; and a gift destroyeth the understanding.

⁷ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

⁷ For exercising oppression maketh a wise man mad; and bribery corrupteth the heart.

⁷ For oppression makes a wise man mad, And destroys his noble heart.

⁷ Surely the gain of oppression maketh a wise man foolish, and a gift corrupteth the understanding.

⁷ Extortion certainly makes a wise man foolish, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

⁷ Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

⁷ Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

⁷ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

⁷ Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

⁷ Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

⁷ False challenge troubleth a wise man, and it shall lose the strength of his heart.

⁷ False challenge troubleth a wise man, and it shall lose the strength of his heart. (Untrue words, that is, lies and slander, trouble a wise person, and they shall destroy the strength of his heart, that is, his resolve or his determination.)

⁷ Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.