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Muhammad Asad   
AND DEVOUR NOT one another's possessions wrongfully, and neither employ legal artifices with a view to devouring sinfully, and knowingly, anything that by right belongs to others
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly, nor deliberately bribe authorities in order to devour a portion of others’ property, knowing that it is a sin.
Safi Kaskas   
Do not abuse other people's wealth using wrong means, and do not bribe authorities in order to take possession of other people's wealth knowingly and sinfully.

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Arabic   
وَلَا تَأۡكُلُوۤا۟ أَمۡوَ ٰلَكُم بَیۡنَكُم بِٱلۡبَـٰطِلِ وَتُدۡلُوا۟ بِهَاۤ إِلَى ٱلۡحُكَّامِ لِتَأۡكُلُوا۟ فَرِیقࣰا مِّنۡ أَمۡوَ ٰلِ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَأَنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ۝١٨٨
Transliteration (2021)   
walā takulū amwālakum baynakum bil-bāṭili watud'lū bihā ilā l-ḥukāmi litakulū farīqan min amwāli l-nāsi bil-ith'mi wa-antum taʿlamūn
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And (do) not eat your properties among yourselves wrongfully and present [with] it to the authorities so that you may eat a portion from (the) wealth (of) the people sinfully while you know.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
AND DEVOUR NOT one another's possessions wrongfully, and neither employ legal artifices with a view to devouring sinfully, and knowingly, anything that by right belongs to others
M. M. Pickthall   
And eat not up your property among yourselves in vanity, nor seek by it to gain the hearing of the judges that ye may knowingly devour a portion of the property of others wrongfully
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
And do not eat up your property among yourselves for vanities, nor use it as bait for the judges, with intent that ye may eat up wrongfully and knowingly a little of (other) people's property
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly, nor deliberately bribe authorities in order to devour a portion of others’ property, knowing that it is a sin.
Safi Kaskas   
Do not abuse other people's wealth using wrong means, and do not bribe authorities in order to take possession of other people's wealth knowingly and sinfully.
Wahiduddin Khan   
Do not consume one anothers property by unjust means, nor offer it as a bribe to the authorities, so that you may deliberately and wrongfully devour a part of other peoples wealth
Shakir   
And do not swallow up your property among yourselves by false means, neither seek to gain access thereby to the judges, so that you may swallow up a part of the property of men wrongfully while you know
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
And consume not your wealth between yourselves in falsehood, nor let it down in bribes to the ones who judge so that you consume a group of people’s wealth among humanity in sin while you know.
T.B.Irving   
Do not eat up one another´s wealth to no good purpose, nor try to bribe authorities with it so you may consume a share of [other] people´s wealth viciously while you realize [what you are doing].
Abdul Hye   
Don’t seize one another’s property unjustly, nor bribe the rulers so that you may seize a portion of the property of others sinfully and knowingly.
The Study Quran   
And devour not your property among yourselves falsely, nor proffer it to judges that you may knowingly devour a part of people’s property sinfully
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Don’t consume each other’s wealth unjustly, nor offer it to the judges to consume a portion of other people’s wealth unlawfully and knowingly.
Talal Itani (2012)   
And do not consume one another's wealth by unjust means, nor offer it as bribes to the officials in order to consume part of other people's wealth illicitly, while you know
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And do not devour your wealth among yourselves in an undesirable way, and do not reach through them the officials (bribing them) so that you may be able to get something which belongs to other people — committing sin, while you clearly know (what belongs to the others as their wilful right)
M. Farook Malik   
Do not misappropriate one another’s property unjustly, nor bribe the judges, in order to misappropriate a part of other people’s property, sinfully and knowingly
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And do not eat up your riches among yourselves untruthfully and do not proffer them to the judges, that you may viciously eat up some (i.e. a portion; literally a group) of other men's riches, (while) you know (it)
Muhammad Sarwar   
Do not use your property among yourselves in illegal ways and then deliberately bribe the rulers with your property so that you may wrongly acquire the property of others
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Do not eat up each other‘s property by false means, nor approach with it the authorities to eat up a portion of the property of the people sinfully, while you know (that you are unjust in doing so)
Shabbir Ahmed   
(When you abstain from the Permissible during the annual training period, you empower yourselves to easily refrain from the forbidden.) So, devour not the wealth and property of one another unjustly, nor bribe the officials or the judges to deprive others of their possessions. Know that this kind of behavior drags down the individual and collective potential of the society
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Do not usurp each other´s possessions unfairly _ by foul means and fraud. Do not, knowingly and sinfully, give (bribes, or false) statements to a judge (or others in authority, intending) to usurp the (rights and) possessions of others
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
And do not eat up one another's property among yourselves for show or pettiness, and do not use it as bribe for the judges, with intent that you may eat up wrongfully and knowingly (even) a little of (other) peoples property
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And do not consume one another's wealth unjustly or send it [in bribery] to the rulers in order that [they might aid] you [to] consume a portion of the wealth of the people in sin, while you know [it is unlawful]
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And do not consume your money between you unjustly by bribing the decision makers so that you may consume a part of the other people's money sinfully while you know
Abdel Haleem   
Do not consume your property wrongfully, nor use it to bribe judges, intending sinfully and knowingly to consume parts of other people’s property
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And devour not your riches among yourselves in vanity, nor convey them unto the judges that ye may devour thereby a portion of other people's riches sinfully while ye know
Ahmed Ali   
And do not consume each other's wealth in vain, nor offer it to men in authority with intent of usurping unlawfully and knowingly a part of the wealth of others
Aisha Bewley   
Do not devour one another´s property by false means nor offer it to the judges as a bribe, trying through crime to knowingly usurp a portion of other people´s property.
Ali Ünal   
(Eat and drink, but do the kinds of worship that help you to control your soul such as the Fast.) And do not consume your wealth among yourselves in false ways (in vanities, sins and crimes such as theft, usurpation, bribery, usury, and gambling); nor proffer it to those in authority so that you may sinfully consume a portion of other people’s goods, and that knowingly
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Do not eat up your wealth among yourselves wrongfully, nor proffer it to the judges in order to eat up a part of the people’s wealth sinfully, while you know [that it is immoral to do so]
Hamid S. Aziz   
Devour not your wealth among yourselves vainly, nor present it to the judges that you may devour a part of the wealth of other men sinfully and knowingly
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
And do not eat up each others’ properties falsely among yourselves, and do not offer it (as bribe) to judges so that you eat up from a portion of people's properties sinfully while you know it.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
And do not consume your property among yourselves in vanity, nor use it as bribes for the judges, with intent that you may consume wrongfully and knowingly, a little of other people’s property
Musharraf Hussain   
Do not misuse your wealth by spending itamongst yourselves for wrong purpose, or by deliberately bribing judges to misuse a part of other people’s wealth wrongfully
Maududi   
Do not usurp one another´s property by unjust means nor offer it to the judges so that you may devour knowingly and unjustly a portion of the goods of others
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And do not consume your money between you unjustly by bribing the decision makers so that you may consume a part of the money of other people sinfully while you know!
Mohammad Shafi   
And usurp not property of one another among yourselves falsely, and bribe the authorities therewith in order to knowingly misappropriate part of others' property.h to

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And do not eat up unjustly the property of each other among yourselves and nor' convey their cases to the authorities for devouring unlawfully some portion of the property of the people knowingly.
Rashad Khalifa   
You shall not take each others' money illicitly, nor shall you bribe the officials to deprive others of some of their rights illicitly, while you know.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Do not consume your wealth between you in falsehood; neither propose it to judges, in order that you sinfully consume a portion of the people's wealth, while you know
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And swallow not up your property among yourselves by false means, nor seek to gain access thereby to the judges, so that you may swallow up a part of the property of men wrongfully while you know
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
And do not eat/consume your properties/wealths between you with the falsehood and you push down (as a means to approach) with it, to the rulers/governors to eat a group (portion) from the people's properties/wealths with a sin/crime and you know
Bijan Moeinian   
Do not devour each others’ property illicitly neither bribe a judge to make an unjust decision in your favor; you know very well that it is wrong
Faridul Haque   
And do not unjustly devour the property of each other, nor take their cases to judges in order that you may wrongfully devour a portion of other peoples’ property on purpose
Sher Ali   
And do not devour your property among yourselves by false means and offer it not as bribe to the authorities that you may devour a part of the wealth of other people wrongfully while you know
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And do not eat up one another’s wealth amongst yourselves through injustice, nor take wealth to the authorities (as a bribe) so that, this way, you may (also) swallow a portion of others’ wealth unfairly, whilst you are aware (that this is a sin)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Do not appropriate one another's property with inequity (and by false means) nor seek to gain access thereby to the authorities so that you may appropriate a portion of (other) people's property by sinful means (and bribery) and that (too) knowingly (that you have no right to do so)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And eat up not one anothers property unjustly (in any illegal way e.g. stealing, robbing, deceiving, etc.), nor give bribery to the rulers (judges before presenting your cases) that you may knowingly eat up a part of the property of others sinfully

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Consume not your goods between you in vanity; neither proffer it to the judges, that you may sinfully consume a portion of other men's goods, and that wittingly
George Sale   
Consume not your wealth among your selves in vain; nor present it unto judges, that ye may devour part of men's substance unjustly, against your own consciences
Edward Henry Palmer   
Devour not your wealth among yourselves vainly, nor present it to the judges that ye may devour a part of the wealth of men sinfully, the while ye know
John Medows Rodwell   
Consume not your wealth among yourselves in vain things, nor present it to judges that ye may consume a part of other men's wealth unjustly, while ye know the sin which ye commit
N J Dawood (2014)   
Do not devour one another‘s property by unjust means, nor bribe the judges with it in order that you may wrongfully and knowingly devour other people‘s possessions

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
And do not eat your wealth among you by wrongful means and do not give it by way of bribery to the judges so that you may eat a portion of the wealth of the people by sin while you are fully aware.
Munir Mezyed   
Don’t devour one another’s wealth unjustly, neither seek to gain access thereby to the authorities so that you may deliberately devour a portion from the wealth of the people wrongfully.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And don´t consume the wealth of people foolishly amongst yourselves, nor offer it to the judges so that a clique consumes people´s wealth sinfully whilst you know it.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Do not absorb your property among yourselves for vain reasons. Do not use it to bribe judges so that you may wrongfully and purposely absorb other people’s property.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
And do not devour your wealths among yourselves by false means, nor throw it (as bribes) to the judges in order to devour part of other people’s wealth illicitly, while you know.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Do not eat up one another's wealth to no good purpose, nor try to bribe authorities with it so you may consume a share of [other] people's wealth viciously while you realize [what you are doing].
Samy Mahdy   
And do not eat your money between yourselves by the invalid and proffer by it to the governors to eat a portion from the people’s money by the sin while you are knowing.
Ahmed Hulusi   
Do not consume the goods between you in a manner that goes against the truth. And do not deliberately run to the rulers to unjustly consume the goods of others, even though you know otherwise.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
And do not devour your property among yourselves by wrongful means, nor offer it as a bribe to judges, with intent that you may unlawfully swallow up a portion of other people's property, while you know
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
And do not usurp others’ possessions unlawfully and present bribes to their judges to sway their discernment so that you sinfully devour a part of peoples’ possessions being aware of your evil doings
Mir Aneesuddin   
And do not swallow up your wealth among yourselves by false means nor present it to the judges (officials, as bribe),so as to sinfully swallow up part of the wealth of other people, when you do know it.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
And do not eat up your property among yourselves for vanities, nor use it as bait for the judges, with intent that ye may eat up wrongfully and knowingly a little of (other) people's property
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And (do) not eat your properties among yourselves wrongfully and present [with] it to the authorities so that you may eat a portion from (the) wealth (of) the people sinfully while you know
OLD Transliteration   
Wala ta/kuloo amwalakum baynakum bialbatili watudloo biha ila alhukkami lita/kuloo fareeqan min amwali alnnasi bial-ithmi waantum taAAlamoona