Revised Literal Translation
Exodus 22:23
23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto 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.
- 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 were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; 24And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. 25If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
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
Cross-references for Exodus 22:23
- Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked 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 unto Yhwh against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
- Deuteronomy 24:15At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Yhwh, and it be sin unto thee.
- Job 31:38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
- Job 35:9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
- Luke 18:7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with 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 10:17Yhwh, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
- Psalms 18:6In my distress I called upon Yhwh, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
- Psalms 140:12I know that Yhwh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
- Psalms 145:19He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
- Psalms 146:7Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. Yhwh 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 old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
- James 5:4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which 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
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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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