Exodus 22:24

²² Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

²³ If 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.

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.

²⁶ If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
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.
WEB: and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
ASV: and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
DARBY: and my anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
BLB: And My anger will burn and I will kill you⁺ with the sword, and your⁺ wives shall be widows, and your⁺ sons fatherless.

ÅB: og min vrede skal tennes opp, og jeg skal slå dere ihjel med sverdet, og deres hustruer skal bli enker og deres barn farløse.
OTB: Min vrede vil bli tent, og jeg vil drepe dere med sverdet, og deres koner skal bli enker og deres barn farløse.
B1930: og min vrede skal optendes, og jeg skal slå eder ihjel med sverdet, og eders hustruer skal bli enker og eders barn farløse.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 109:9
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
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Jeremiah 15:8
Their 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.
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Lamentations 5:3
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
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Psalms 78:63–64
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
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Psalms 76:7
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
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Psalms 69:24
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
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Psalms 90:11
Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
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Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore 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.
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