Exodus 22:23
21 You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
22 You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.
24 My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.
25 If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.
- KJV
- If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
- WEB
- If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
- ASV
- If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
- DARBY
- If thou afflict him in any way, if he cry at all unto me, I will certainly hear his cry;
- BLB
- If you really afflict him, [then] surely if he cries out in distress to Me, I will surely hear his cry.
- ÅB
- dersom du plager dem, og de roper til meg, skal jeg høre ropene deres,
- OTB
- Hvis du undertrykker dem og de roper til meg, vil jeg absolutt høre deres rop;
- B1930
- dersom du plager dem, og de roper til mig, skal jeg visselig høre deres rop,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 10:17–18
You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
Read in contextPsalms 18:6
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
Read in contextJob 34:28
They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
Read in contextLuke 18:7
Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
Read in contextDeuteronomy 15:9
Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Read in contextJob 35:9
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
Read in contextJames 5:4
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
Read in contextPsalms 146:7–9
He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
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