Exodus 22:23

Exodus chapter 22 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

Context

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

v.23This passage

v.24and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 10:17

    Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;

  • Deuteronomy 24:15

    in 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 Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.

  • Psalms 146:7

    Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

  • Job 35:9

    By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

  • Deuteronomy 15:9

    Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

  • James 5:4

    Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.