Exodus 22:22–24

¹⁷¶ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

¹⁷¶ Thou shalt not peruert the iudgement of the stranger, nor of the fatherles, nor take a widowes raiment to pledge.

¹⁷Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

¹⁷Learne to doe well, seeke iudgement, ^‖relieue the oppressed, iudge the fatherlesse, plead for the widow.

²³Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

²³Thy princes are rebellious and companions of theeues: euery one loueth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they ^*iudge not the fatherlesse, neither doth the cause of the widowe come vnto them.

¹⁸He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

¹⁸He doeth execute the iudgement of the fatherlesse, and widow, and loueth the stranger, in giuing him food and raiment.

¹⁹Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

¹⁹Cursed be hee that peruerteth the iudgement of the stranger, fatherlesse, and widow: and all the people shall say, Amen.

⁷In 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.

^7‖In thee haue they set light by father and mother: in the middest of thee haue they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee haue they vexed the fatherlesse and the widow:

²To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

²To turne aside the needy from iudgement, and to take away the right from the poore of my people, that widdowes may be their pray, and that they may robbe the fatherles.

²⁷Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

²⁷Pure religion and vndefiled before God and the Father, is this, to visit the fatherlesse and widowes in their affliction, and to keepe himselfe vnspotted from the world.

¹⁰And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

^10*And oppresse not the widow, nor the fatherlesse, the stranger, nor the poore, and let none of you imagine euill against his brother in your heart.

⁶They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

⁷Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

⁶They slay the widowe and the stranger: and murder the fatherlesse.

^7*Yet they say, The LORD shall not see: neither shall the God of Iacob regard it.

²⁸So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

²⁸So that they cause the cry of the poore to come vnto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

⁷And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

⁷And shall not God auenge his owne elect, which crie day and night vnto him, thogh he beare long with them?

¹⁷Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

¹⁸To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

^17‖ LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine eare to heare,

^18‖To iudge the fatherlesse and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppresse.

⁶In 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.

⁶In my distresse I called vpon the LORD, and cryed vnto my God: hee heard my voyce out of his temple, and my crie came before him, euen into his eares.

⁹Beware 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.

⁹Beware that there bee not a ^†thought in thy ^†wicked heart, saying, The seuenth yeere, the yeere of release is at hand, and thine eye be euill against thy poore brother, and thou giuest him nought, and hee crie vnto the LORD against thee, and it be sinne vnto thee.

⁴Behold, 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.

⁴Beholde, the hire of the labourers which haue reaped downe your fieldes, which is of you kept backe by fraud, cryeth: and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lord of Sabaoth.

⁹By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

⁹By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to crie: they crie out by reason of the arme of the mightie.

¹⁹He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

¹⁹Hee will fulfill the desire of them that feare him: he also will heare their cry, and will saue them.

⁷Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:

⁸The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:

⁹The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

⁷Which executeth iudgement for the oppressed, which giueth food to the hungry: the LORD looseth the prisoners.

⁸The LORD openeth the eyes of the blinde, the LORD raiseth them that are bowed downe: the LORD loueth the righteous.

⁹The LORD preserueth the strangers, he relieueth the fatherlesse and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth vpside downe.

¹⁵At 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.

¹⁵At his day ^*thou shalt giue him his hire, neither shall the Sun goe downe vpon it, for he is poore, and ^†setteth his heart vpon it, lest hee crie against thee vnto the LORD, and it bee sinne vnto thee.

³⁸If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

³⁹If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

³⁸If my land cry against me, or that the furrowes likewise thereof ^†complaine:

³⁹If I haue ^†eaten the fruits thereof without money, or haue ^†caused the owners thereof to loose their life:

²²Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

²³For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

^22*Rob not the poore because he is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in the gate.

^23*For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoile the soule of those that spoiled them.

¹⁰Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

¹¹For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

^10*‖Remoue not the old landmarke; and enter not into the fields of the fatherlesse.

^11*For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

¹²I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

¹²I know that the LORD will maintaine the cause of the afflicted: and the right of the poore.

⁹Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

⁹Let his children bee fatherlesse: and his wife a widow.

⁸Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

^8‖Their widowes are increased to me aboue the sand of the seas: I haue brought vpon them against the mother of the yongmen, a spoiler at noone day: I haue caused him to fall vpon it suddenly, and terrors vpon the citie.

³We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

³We are orphanes and fatherlesse, our mothers are as widowes.

²⁴Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

²⁴Powre out thine indignation vpon them, and let thy wrathfull anger take hold of them.

⁷Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

⁷Thou, euen thou art to be feared; and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

⁶³The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

^63†The fire consumed their young men: and their maidens were not giuen to mariage.

⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword: and their widowes made no lamentation.

¹¹Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

¹¹Who knoweth the power of thine anger? euen according to thy feare, so is thy wrath.

³¹It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

³¹ It is a fearefull thing to fall into the hands of the liuing God.

²¹Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

^21†*Therefore deliuer vp their children to the famine, and powre out their blood by the force of the sword, and let their wiues be bereaued of their children and be widowes, and let their men be put to death, let their yong men be slaine by the sword in battell.

¹³This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

¹⁴If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

¹⁵Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

¹³This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressours which they shall receiue of the Almightie.

¹⁴If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offpring shall not be satisfied with bread.

^15*Those that remaine of him shall bee buried in death: and his widowes shall not weepe.

²³For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

²³For destruction from God was a terrour to mee: and by reason of his highnesse, I could not endure.

³⁸Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

³⁸Giue, and it shall bee giuen vnto you, good measure, preassed downe, and shaken together, and running ouer, shall men giue into your bosome: for with the same measure that ye mete withall, it shall bee measured to you againe.

⁶Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

⁶Who can stand before his indignation? and who can ^†abide in the fiercenesse of his anger? his furie is powred out like fire, and the rocks are throwen downe by him.

⁵But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

⁶Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

⁷To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

⁸But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

⁹Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

⁵But after thy hardnesse, and impenitent heart, ^*treasurest vp vnto thy selfe wrath, against the day of wrath, and reuelation of the righteous iudgement of God:

^6*Who will render to euery man according to his deedes:

⁷To them, who by patient continuance in well doing, seeke for glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, eternall life:

⁸But vnto them that are contentious, & doe not obey the trueth, but obey vnrighteousnes, indignation, & wrath,

⁹Tribulation, and anguish vpon euery soule of man that doeth euill, of the Iew first, and also of the ^†Gentile.