Solomon
Proverbs 17:8WEB·traditional attribution
A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.
Geneva Bible Notes Reformed
A bribe [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: wherever it turneth, it prospereth. (c) The reward has great force to gain the hearts of men.
Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran
Pro 17:8 8 The gift of bribery appears a jewel to its receiver; Whitherso'er he turneth himself he acteth prudently. How 8b is to be understood is shown by 1Sa 14:47, cf. Jos 1:7; the quoque se vertit, prudenter rem agit, has accordingly in both sentences the person meant by בּעליו as subject, not the gift (Hitzig), of which ישׂכּיל, “it maketh prosperous,” is not...
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Reformed
One so corrupt as to take a bribe evinces his high estimate of it by subjection to its influence (Pro 18:16; Pro 19:6).