Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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.

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 Should such one then as useth violence, wrong and oppression, doing all things of partiality, and having respect of persons, dwell in the land? 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty and oppressed the poor fatherless. 10 Therefore art thou compassed about with snares on every side, and suddenly vexed with fear.

Cross References

Job 24:3

that drive away the ass of the fatherless; that take the widow's ox for a pledge;

Job 24:21

For they maintain the barren, and make them that they cannot bear, and unto widows they do no good.

Job 31:21

Did I ever lift up my hand to hurt the fatherless; yea, in the gates where I saw myself to be in authority?

Isaiah 10:2

wherethrough the poor are oppressed on every side, and the innocents of my people are therewith robbed of judgment: that widows may be your prey, and that ye may rob the fatherless.

Ezekiel 22:7

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.

Exodus 22:21-24

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

Deuteronomy 27:19

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

Job 29:12-13

"For I delivered the poor when he cried, and the fatherless that wanted help.

Job 31:16-18

"When the poor desireth anything of me, have I denied it them? Have I caused the widow stand waiting for me in vain?

Psalm 10:15

Break thou the power of the ungodly and malicious; search out the wickedness which he hath done, that he may perish.

Psalm 37:17

For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken, and the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

Psalm 94:6

They murder the widow and the stranger, and put the fatherless to death.

Isaiah 1:17

Study to do righteously, and help the oppressed. Avenge the fatherless and defend the cause of widows. Come, let us show each his grief to other and make an atonement, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes are traitors and companions of thieves. They love gifts altogether, and gape for rewards. As for the fatherless, they help him not to his right, neither will they let the widows causes come before them.

Ezekiel 30:22

Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will upon Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and bruise his strong arm - yet is it but a broken one - and will smite the sword out of his hand.

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.

Luke 18:3-5

And there was a certain widow in the same city, which came unto him saying, 'Avenge me of mine adversary.'

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