Psalms 82:3
What does Psalms 82:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 82:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For lo, thy enemies have made a noise: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 10:18
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
- Jeremiah 22:16
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
- Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge;
- Isaiah 1:23
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
- James 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
- Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
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