Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;
New American Standard Bible
If you afflict him at all, and
King James Version
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Holman Bible
If you do mistreat them, they will no doubt cry to Me, and I will certainly hear their cry.
International Standard Version
If you do mistreat them, they'll certainly cry out to me, and I'll immediately hear their cry.
A Conservative Version
If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry,
American Standard Version
If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Amplified
If you harm or oppress them in any way, and they cry at all to Me [for help], I will most certainly hear their cry;
Darby Translation
If thou afflict him in any way, if he cry at all unto me, I will certainly hear his cry;
Julia Smith Translation
If afflicting, thou shalt afflict him, if crying, he shall cry to me, hearing, I will hear his cry.
King James 2000
If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Lexham Expanded Bible
If you indeed afflict him, yes, if he cries out at all to me, I will certainly hear his cry of distress.
Modern King James verseion
If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If ye shall trouble them, they shall cry unto me, and I will surely hear their cry;
NET Bible
If you afflict them in any way and they cry to me, I will surely hear their cry,
New Heart English Bible
If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
The Emphasized Bible
if thou, do humiliate, him, when he in anywise crieth out unto me, I will, surely hear, his outcry:
Webster
If thou shalt afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry:
World English Bible
If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
Youngs Literal Translation
if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 22:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Regulations Regarding Foreigners And The Poor
22 Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead. 23 If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear; 24 And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 18:6
In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.
Luke 18:7
And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?
Deuteronomy 15:9
And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.
Job 34:28
So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.
James 5:4
See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
Job 35:9
Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.
Psalm 10:17-18
Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:
Deuteronomy 24:15
Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.
Job 31:38-39
If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;
Psalm 140:12
I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.
Psalm 146:7-9
Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;
Proverbs 22:22-23
Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:
Proverbs 23:10-11
Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;