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Proverbs 23:11
11God himself will be the relative who helps them. He will speak against you in court.
Proverbs 23:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
- New International Version (NIV)for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for their Redeemer is strong; he will plead their cause against you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For their Redeemer is mighty; He will plead their cause against you.
Context of Proverbs 23:11
99. Do not speak to foolish people. They will think that your wise words are silly. 1010. Never move a stone that has always shown the border of someone's land. Do not take for yourself the fields of people who have no family to help them. God himself will be the relative who helps them. He will speak against you in court. 1211. Listen carefully to your teacher and study well. Then you will learn knowledge. 1312. Remember to warn your children when they do something wrong. If you punish them with a stick, you will not kill them.
Read all of Proverbs 23Proverbs 23:11 word by word
כִּֽי־גֹאֲלָ֥ם חָזָ֑ק הֽוּא־יָרִ֖יב אֶת־רִיבָ֣ם אִתָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 23:11
- Proverbs 22:23The Lord will speak on their behalf. He will punish anyone who cheats them.
- Exodus 22:22Never give trouble to any widow or to any children who have no family.
- Deuteronomy 27:19‘God will curse anyone who stops foreigners, widows or children who have no family from receiving justice.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Yes, we agree!’
- Psalms 12:5But the Lord says: ‘Now I will do something! I know the cruel things that wicked people do to poor people. When weak people cry with pain, I hear them. So I will make them safe, as they want me to do for them.’
- Jeremiah 50:33The Lord Almighty says, ‘People have been cruel to the people of Israel and Judah. Enemies have taken them away as prisoners. They have refused to let my people go free.
- Jeremiah 51:36So the Lord says, ‘I will help you to win. I will punish the people of Babylonia for what they have done to you. I will cause all their rivers and their springs to become dry.
Commentaries on Proverbs 23:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11For their redeemer is mighty - גאלם goalam, their kinsman. The word means the person who has a right, being next in blood, to redeem a field or estate, alienated from the family, to avenge the blood of a murdered relative, by slaying the murderer; and to take to wife a brother's widow, who had died childless, in order to preserve the family. The strength here mentioned refers to the justness of his claim, the extent of his influence, and the powerful…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11The reason is given for the precept Proverbs 23:10. Their redeemer - See Job 19:25 note. It was the duty of the גאל gā'al the next of kin, to take on himself, in case of murder, the office of avenger of blood Numbers 35:19. By a slight extension the word was applied to one who took on himself a like office in cases short of this. Here, therefore, the thought is that, destitute as the fatherless may seem, there is One who claims them as His next of kin…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-11Verses 10-11 The fatherless are taken under God's special protection. He is their Redeemer, who will take their part; and he is mighty, almighty.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11Saying 10: Wise people avoid unfair business practices and illegitimate gains (see Proverbs 22:28), knowing that the Lord will judge wrongdoing. Redeemer: The New Living Translation is likely correct in capitalizing the word Redeemer and identifying it with God, although it might refer to a human redeemer.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1110-11. (Compare Pr 22:22, 23).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Proverbs 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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