Exodus 22:23
21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22 Ye 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;
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
25 If 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.
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
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Read in contextPsalms 18:6
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Read in contextJob 34:28
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
Read in contextLuke 18:7
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Read in contextDeuteronomy 15:9
Beware 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 the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
Read in contextJob 35:9
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Read in contextJames 5:4
Behold, 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.
Read in contextPsalms 146:7–9
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
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