Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“You have sent widows away empty,
And the strength of the orphans has been crushed.

King James Version

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Holman Bible

You sent widows away empty-handed,
and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

International Standard Version

You sent away widows empty-handed, and broke the outstretched arms of orphans.

A Conservative Version

Thou have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

American Standard Version

Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Amplified


“You have sent widows away empty-handed,
And the arms (strength) of the fatherless have been broken.

Bible in Basic English

You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

Darby Translation

Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou didst send away widows empty, and the arms of the orphans will be broken.

King James 2000

You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You have sent widows away empty-handed, and [the] arms of orphans were crushed.

Modern King James verseion

You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou hast sent widows away empty and oppressed the poor fatherless.

NET Bible

you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

New Heart English Bible

You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

The Emphasized Bible

Widows, thou hast sent away empty, and, the arms of the fatherless, thou dost crush.

Webster

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

World English Bible

You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Youngs Literal Translation

Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

אלמנה 
'almanah 
Usage: 54

ריקם 
Reyqam 
Usage: 16

and the arms
זרעה זרועה זרע זרוע 
Z@rowa` 
Usage: 91

of the fatherless
יתום 
Yathowm 
Usage: 42

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Third Speech

8 The man with power possessed the land, and the favored man lived in it. 9 “You have sent widows away empty,
And the strength of the orphans has been crushed.
10 Therefore snares are all around you, and sudden terror overwhelms you,

Cross References

Job 24:3

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

Job 24:21

"They wrong the barren, childless woman, and do no good to the widow.

Job 31:21

if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

Isaiah 10:2

to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

Ezekiel 22:7

Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.

Exodus 22:21-24

"You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 27:19

"'Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Job 29:12-13

because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.

Job 31:16-18

"If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Psalm 10:15

Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call his wickedness to account till you find none.

Psalm 37:17

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORDupholds the righteous.

Psalm 94:6

They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless;

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.

Ezekiel 30:22

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken, and I will make the sword fall from his hand.

Malachi 3:5

"Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.

Luke 18:3-5

And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'

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