28 “Do not blaspheme God[a](A) or curse(B) the ruler of your people.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:28 Or Do not revile the judges

28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

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28 (A)“You shall not revile God, nor curse a (B)ruler of your people.

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20 Do not revile the king(A) even in your thoughts,
    or curse the rich in your bedroom,
because a bird in the sky may carry your words,
    and a bird on the wing may report what you say.

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20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

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20 (A)Do not curse the king, even in your thought;
Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom;
For a bird of the air may carry your voice,
And a bird in flight may tell the matter.

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