Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
"You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Holman Bible
“You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit.
International Standard Version
"You are not to pervert justice for the poor among you in their lawsuits.
A Conservative Version
Thou shall not distort the justice [due] to thy poor in his case.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.
Amplified
“You shall not pervert (bend) the justice due to your poor in his dispute.
Bible in Basic English
Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy needy in his cause.
King James 2000
You shall not pervert the justice of your poor in his dispute.
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'You will not pervert the justice of your poor in his legal dispute.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his cause.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou shalt not hinder the right of the poor that are among you in their suit.
NET Bible
"You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one in his quarrel.
Webster
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
World English Bible
"You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;
Themes
Courts of justice » Judges of » To judge without respect of persons
Injustice » Specially to be avoided towards » The poor
Interlinear
Natah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 23:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Regulations Regarding Justice
5 If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, do not leave him, you shall surely help him with it. 6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. 7 "Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.
Names
Cross References
Exodus 23:2-3
You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;
Leviticus 19:15
"'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 27:19
'Cursed is he who wrests the justice due the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, do not marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.
Isaiah 10:1-2
Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;
Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they do not judge the right of the needy.
Malachi 3:5
I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and do not fear me," says the LORD of hosts.
2 Chronicles 19:7
Now therefore let the fear of the LORD be on you. Take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes."
Job 31:13
"If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;
Job 31:21-22
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,
Psalm 82:3-4
"Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Jeremiah 6:28
"They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
Jeremiah 7:6
if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:
Amos 5:11-12
Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
Micah 3:1-4
I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice?
Zephaniah 3:1-4
Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city.
James 2:5-6
Listen, my beloved brothers. Did not God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?