The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 27:32

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and they that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

Influences

Isaiah 29:21 (KJV)
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

Changes

aAnd they that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of noaught.

Simple English

“And those who blame a man for a word will be gone. And those who lay a trap for the one who judges at the gate will be gone. And those who turn aside good people for nothing will be gone.”

Paraphrase

“Those who trap a man over a careless word, who set snares for someone speaking truth in public, who pervert justice over nothing at all.”