Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

In thee have they despised father and mother, in thee have they oppressed the stranger, in thee have they vexed the widow and the fatherless.

New American Standard Bible

They have treated father and mother lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you.

King James Version

In 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.

Holman Bible

Father and mother are treated with contempt, and the foreign resident is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you.

International Standard Version

They've treated mothers and fathers among you with contempt. They've oppressed the foreigner among you. They've maltreated the orphan and the widow among you.

A Conservative Version

In thee they have made light of father and mother. In the midst of thee they have dealt with the sojourner by oppression. In thee they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.

American Standard Version

In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

Amplified

In you they have treated father and mother lightly. They have oppressed the stranger among you; and in your presence they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.

Bible in Basic English

In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

Darby Translation

In thee have they made light of 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.

Julia Smith Translation

They made light of father and mother in thee: they did with violence to the stranger in the midst of thee: they oppresed the orphan and the widow in thee.

King James 2000

In you have they made light of father and mother: in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They have treated father and mother with contempt in you; {they violated} the alien with extortion; in the midst of you they mistreated [the] orphan and widow.

Modern King James verseion

In you they have despised father and mother. In your midst they have dealt with the stranger by oppression. In you they oppressed the orphan and the widow.

NET Bible

They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.

New Heart English Bible

In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

The Emphasized Bible

Father and mother, have they despised in thee, To the sojourner, have they dealt with oppression in the midst of thee, - The fatherless and the widow, have they maltreated in thee:

Webster

In 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 oppressed the fatherless and the widow.

World English Bible

In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
and mother
אם 
'em 
Usage: 220

in the midst
תּוך 
Tavek 
Usage: 419

עשׁק 
`osheq 
Usage: 15

with the stranger
גּיר גּר 
Ger 
Usage: 92

ינה 
Yanah 
Usage: 19

יתום 
Yathowm 
Usage: 42

References

Watsons

Context Readings

Highlighting The Sins And The Judgments Of Israel

6 Behold, the rulers of Israel have brought every man his power, to shed blood in thee. 7 In thee have they despised father and mother, in thee have they oppressed the stranger, in thee have they vexed the widow and the fatherless. 8 Thou hast despised my Sanctuary, and unhallowed my Sabbath.

Cross References

Exodus 22:21-22

Vex not a stranger, neither oppress him, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 27:16

"'Cursed be he that curseth his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Leviticus 20:9

"'Whosoever curseth his father or mother, shall die for it, his blood on his head, because he hath cursed his father or mother.

Jeremiah 7:6

If ye will not oppress the stranger, the fatherless and the widow; if ye will not shed innocent blood in this place; if ye will not cleave to strange gods to your own destruction;

Zechariah 7:10

Do the widow, the fatherless, the stranger, and poor no wrong: and let no man imagine evil against his brother in his heart."

Malachi 3:5

I will come and punish you, and I myself will be a swift witness against the witches, against the adulterers, against false swearers: yea, and against those that wrongfully keep back the hireling's duty, which vex the widows and the fatherless, and oppress the stranger, and fear not me, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.

Exodus 20:12

"Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Exodus 21:17

And he that curseth his father or mother, shall be put to death for it.

Deuteronomy 5:16

'Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: that thou mayest prolong thy days, and that it may go well with thee on the land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Deuteronomy 27:19

"'Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, fatherless and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Proverbs 20:20

Whoso curseth his father and mother, his light shall be put out in the midst of darkness.

Proverbs 22:22-23

See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment;

Proverbs 30:11

He that bringeth up an evil report upon the generation of his father and mother, is not worthy to be commended.

Proverbs 30:17

Whoso laugheth his father to scorn, and setteth his mother's commandment at naught; the ravens pick out his eyes in the valley, and devoured be he of the young Eagles.

Ezekiel 18:12

he grieveth the poor and needy; he robbeth and spoileth; he giveth not the debtor his pledge again; he lifteth up his eyes unto Idols, and meddle with abominable things;

Ezekiel 22:29

The people in the land useth wicked extortion and robbery. They vex the poor and needy and oppress the stranger against right.

Matthew 15:4-6

For God commanded, saying, 'Honour thy father and mother,' and, 'He that curseth father or mother, shall suffer death.'

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother,' and, 'Whosoever curseth father or mother, let him die for it.'

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