Exodus 22:24

Exodus 22:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
• New International Version (NIV)My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and My wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

Context of Exodus 22:24

22You shall not oppress any widow or orphan. 23If you oppress him at all, and if he does cry out to Me, I will assuredly hear his cry; and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless. 25“If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest. 26If you ever seize your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets,

Exodus 22:24 word by word

וְחָרָ֣ה אַפִּ֔י וְהָרַגְתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם בֶּחָ֑רֶב וְהָי֤וּ נְשֵׁיכֶם֙ אַלְמָנ֔וֹת וּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם יְתֹמִֽים׃ פRead the interlinear

• and My angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• will be kindledחָרָהchârâh · to be incensedH2734
• and I will killהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• you with the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• and your wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• shall becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• widowsאַלְמָנָה'almânâh · widowH490
• and your childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• fatherlessיָתוֹםyâthôm · orphanH3490

Cross-references for Exodus 22:24

• Job 31:23For disaster from God is a terror to me, And because of His majesty I can do nothing.
• Psalms 69:24Pour out Your indignation on them, And may Your burning anger overtake them.
• Psalms 76:7You, You indeed are to be feared, And who may stand in Your presence, once You are angry?
• Psalms 90:11Who understands the power of Your anger And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You?
• Nahum 1:6Who can stand before His indignation? Who can endure the burning of His anger? His wrath gushes forth like fire, And the rocks are broken up by Him.
• Romans 2:5But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
• Hebrews 10:31It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• Job 27:13“This is the portion of a wicked person from God, And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty:
• Psalms 78:63Fire devoured His young men, And His virgins had no wedding songs.
• Psalms 109:9May his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
• Jeremiah 15:8Their widows will be more numerous before Me Than the sand of the seas; I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man, A destroyer at noon; I will suddenly bring down on her Shock and horror.
• Jeremiah 18:21Therefore, give their children over to famine And turn them over to the power of the sword; And let their wives become childless and widowed. Let their men also be slaughtered to death, Their young men struck and killed by the sword in battle.
• Lamentations 5:3We have become orphans, without a father; Our mothers are like widows.
• Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure--pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”

Commentaries on Exodus 22:24

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-31These laws deal with different situations about social responsibility. They are not arranged in clear groups or categories. These laws show that every part of life relates to obedience to God. Obedience to God is not limited to worship. It includes daily actions and relationships (see study note on 21:1–23:19).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 22:24

• Anger
• Children
• Oppression
• Orphan
• Widow

In the dictionaries

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

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