Ezekiel 22:7

What does Ezekiel 22:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 22:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They have abused father and mother in thee, they have oppressed the stranger in the midst of thee, they have grieved the fatherless and widow in thee.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

Context

v.6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.

v.7This passage

v.8Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

Cross references

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

  • Proverbs 30:17

    The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.

  • Deuteronomy 5:16

    Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  • Malachi 3:5

    And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

  • Exodus 22:21

    And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

  • Proverbs 22:22

    Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

  • Deuteronomy 27:19

    Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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