Psalms 82:4
What does Psalms 82:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 82:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people, and have consulted against thy saints.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Rescue the poor and needy, deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
- Job 5:15
But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
- Psalms 140:12
I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.
- Job 29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.
- Nehemiah 5:1
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
- Psalms 72:12
For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.
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