English Standard Version
Exodus 22:23
23If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry,
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.
- 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;
- New Living Translation (NLT)If you exploit them in any way and they cry out to me, then I will certainly hear their cry.
Context of Exodus 22:23
21"You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 22You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry, 24and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless. 25"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.
Read all of Exodus 22Exodus 22:23 word by word
אִם־עַנֵּ֥ה תְעַנֶּ֖ה אֹת֑וֹ כִּ֣י אִם־צָעֹ֤ק יִצְעַק֙ אֵלַ֔י שָׁמֹ֥עַ אֶשְׁמַ֖ע צַעֲקָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Exodus 22:23
- Deuteronomy 15:9Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, 'The seventh year, the year of release is near,' and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lord against you, and you be guilty of sin.
- Deuteronomy 24:15You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.
- Job 31:38"If my land has cried out against me and its furrows have wept together,
- Job 35:9"Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.
- Luke 18:7And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
- Job 34:28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted—
- Psalms 10:17O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
- Psalms 18:6In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
- Psalms 140:12I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy.
- Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.
- Psalms 146:7who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free;
- Proverbs 22:22Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate,
- Proverbs 23:10Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,
- James 5:4Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
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
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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
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