Exodus 22:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְחָרָ֣ה אַפִּ֔י וְהָרַגְתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם בֶּחָ֑רֶב וְהָי֤וּ נְשֵׁיכֶם֙ אַלְמָנ֔וֹת וּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם יְתֹמִֽים׃

Transliteration

And wĕḥārâ ʾappî, and wĕhāragtî you with ḥāreb, and wĕhāyû nĕšêkem ʾalmānôt and bĕnêkem yĕtōmîm.

Grammar Details

• *wĕḥārâ*: qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular, 'and it will burn'
• *ʾappî*: masculine singular noun with 1st common singular suffix, 'my anger'
• *wĕhāragtî*: qal perfect with waw consecutive, 1st common singular, 'and I will kill'
• *ḥāreb*: feminine singular noun, 'sword'
• *wĕhāyû*: qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd common plural, 'and they will be'
• *nĕšêkem*: feminine plural noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix, 'your wives'
• *ʾalmānôt*: feminine plural noun, 'widows'
• *bĕnêkem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix, 'your sons'
• *yĕtōmîm*: masculine plural noun, 'orphans/fatherless'

Word Meanings

• *wĕḥārâ ʾappî*: my anger will burn/I will become angry
• *wĕhāragtî*: I will kill/slay/put to death

Referenced Verses

• Luke 18:7 : 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
• Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
• Ps 18:6 : 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
• Deut 15:9 : 9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
• Job 34:28 : 28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
• Job 35:9 : 9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
• Ps 10:17-18 : 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
• Ps 145:19 : 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
• Ps 146:7-9 : 7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: 8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: 9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
• Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
• Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
• Deut 24:15 : 15 At 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 the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
• Job 31:38-39 : 38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; 39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
• Ps 140:12 : 12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.