Exodus 22:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;

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  • Luke 18:7 : 7 and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night -- bearing long in regard to them?
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you -- doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;
  • Ps 18:6 : 6 In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears.
  • Deut 15:9 : 9 `Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near `is' the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;
  • Job 34:28 : 28 To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.
  • Job 35:9 : 9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
  • Ps 10:17-18 : 17 The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend, 18 To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress -- man of the earth!
  • Ps 145:19 : 19 The desire of those fearing Him He doth, And their cry He heareth, and saveth them.
  • Ps 146:7-9 : 7 Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry. 8 Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous, 9 Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob not the poor because he `is' poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate. 23 For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not, 11 For their Redeemer `is' strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.
  • Deut 24:15 : 15 in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he `is' poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin.
  • Job 31:38-39 : 38 If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep, 39 If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,
  • Ps 140:12 : 12 I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

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    21`And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.

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    24and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.

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    28To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.

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    44And He looketh on their distress When He heareth their cry,

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    24For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.

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    7Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.

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    22Rob not the poor because he `is' poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

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    7and we cry unto Jehovah, God of our fathers, and Jehovah heareth our voice, and seeth our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression;

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    11Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in unto them evil, That they are not able to go out from, And they have cried unto Me, And I do not hearken unto them.

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    9Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

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    13Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

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    16If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

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    12Thus said Jehovah: Though complete, and thus many, Yet thus they have been cut off, And he hath passed away. And I afflicted thee, I afflict thee no more.

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    28And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall.

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