Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.

New American Standard Bible

Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast;
Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

King James Version

O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

Holman Bible

Do not give the life of Your dove to beasts;
do not forget the lives of Your poor people forever.

International Standard Version

Don't hand over the life of your dove to beasts; do not continuously forget your afflicted ones.

A Conservative Version

O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast. Forget not the life of thy poor forever.

American Standard Version

Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

Amplified


Oh, do not hand over the soul of your turtledove to the wild beast;
Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

Bible in Basic English

O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.

Darby Translation

Give not up the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the troop of thine afflicted for ever.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou wilt not give the soul of thy turtle-dove to the beast: the life of thy poor thou wilt not forget forever.

King James 2000

O deliver not the soul of your turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of your poor forever.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not give to beasts the life of your dove; do not ever forget the life of your afflicted ones.

Modern King James verseion

Do not deliver the soul of Your turtle dove to the multitude; forget not the congregation of Your poor forever.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove unto the beasts, and forget not the congregation of the poor forever.

NET Bible

Do not hand the life of your dove over to a wild animal! Do not continue to disregard the lives of your oppressed people!

New Heart English Bible

Do not deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Do not forget the life of your poor forever.

The Emphasized Bible

Do not deliver up, to a wild beast, the life of thy turtle-dove, The living host of thine oppressed ones, do not forget perpetually.

Webster

O deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove to the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

World English Bible

Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of your poor forever.

References

Context Readings

Prayer For Israel

18 Remember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name. 19 Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever. 20 Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.


Cross References

Song of Songs 2:14

My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice is sweet, and thy appearance comely.

Psalm 68:10

Thy company have dwelt in it, Thou preparest in Thy goodness for the poor, O God.

Psalm 9:18

For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

Psalm 68:13

Though ye do lie between two boundaries, Wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

Psalm 72:2

He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.

Song of Songs 4:1

Lo, thou art fair, my friend, lo, thou art fair, Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead,

Song of Songs 6:9

One is my dove, my perfect one, One she is of her mother, The choice one she is of her that bare her, Daughters saw, and pronounce her happy, Queens and concubines, and they praise her.

Isaiah 60:8

Who are these -- as a thick cloud they fly, And as doves unto their windows?

Zephaniah 3:12

And I have left in thy midst a people humble and poor, And they have trusted in the name of Jehovah.

Matthew 10:16

'Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

James 2:5-6

Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?

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