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

22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; And 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. 26If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

Exodus 22:24 word by word

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

• And my wrathאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• shall wax hotחָרָהchârâh · to be incensedH2734
• and I will killהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• you with the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• and your wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• shall be widowsאַלְמָנָה'almânâh · widowH490
• and your childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• fatherlessיָתוֹםyâthôm · orphanH3490

Cross-references for Exodus 22:24

• Job 31:23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
• Psalms 69:24Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
• Psalms 76:7Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
• Psalms 90:11Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
• Nahum 1:6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
• Romans 2:5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• Hebrews 10:31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• Job 27:13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
• Psalms 78:63The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
• Psalms 109:9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
• Jeremiah 15:8Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
• Jeremiah 18:21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
• Lamentations 5:3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
• Luke 6:38Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

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

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• Revile
• Theft
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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