Exodus 22:23

Exodus 22:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
• New International Version (NIV)If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry,
• New King James Version (NKJV)If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry;

Context of Exodus 22:23

21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt. 22Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. If thou afflict him in any way, if he cry at all unto me, I will certainly hear his cry; 24and my anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. 25— If thou lend money to my people, the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer: ye shall charge him no interest.

Exodus 22:23 word by word

אִם־עַנֵּ֥ה תְעַנֶּ֖ה אֹת֑וֹ כִּ֣י אִם־צָעֹ֤ק יִצְעַק֙ אֵלַ֔י שָׁמֹ֥עַ אֶשְׁמַ֖ע צַעֲקָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Exodus 22:23

• Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.
• Deuteronomy 24:15on his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and his soul yearneth after it; lest he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be a sin in thee.
• Job 31:38If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;
• Job 35:9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:
• Luke 18:7And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them?
• Job 34:28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
• Psalms 10:17Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,
• Psalms 18:6In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and I cried out to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, into his ears.
• Psalms 140:12I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted one, the right of the needy.
• Psalms 145:19He fulfilleth the desire of them that fear him; he heareth their cry, and saveth them.
• Psalms 146:7Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
• Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
• Proverbs 23:10Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
• James 5:4Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of [the] Lord of sabaoth.

Commentaries on Exodus 22:23

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-23The widow, the orphan, and the foreigner were in a helpless and economically disadvantaged position. God, by his protective stance toward these persons, demonstrated that he does not value people on the basis of their power or wealth, the standards accepted by most humans. Instead, God values people because they share his (Genesis 1:27).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-311-4. If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep--The law respects the theft of cattle which constituted the chief part of their property. The penalty for the theft of a sheep which was slain or sold, was fourfold; for an ox fivefold, because of its greater utility in labor; but, should the stolen animal have been recovered alive, a double compensation was all that was required, because it was presumable he (the thief) was not a practised adept in dishonesty…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 22:23

• Children
• Oppression
• Orphan
• Prayer
• Widow

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• Cause
• Curse
• Feed
• God
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• Put
• Restore
• Revile
• Theft

Commentaries on Exodus 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings