Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

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

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.

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
Thou hast sent
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 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it. 9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10 Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,


Cross References

Job 24:3

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

Job 24:21

He devours the barren who do not bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.

Job 31:21

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

Isaiah 10:2

to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey.

Ezekiel 22:7

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.

Exodus 22:21-24

"You shall not wrong a foreigner, neither shall you oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 27:19

'Cursed is he who wrests the justice due the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Job 29:12-13

Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,

Job 31:16-18

"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Psalm 10:15

Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

Psalm 37:17

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

Psalm 94:6

They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow."

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They do not judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow 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, the strong arm, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

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.

Luke 18:3-5

A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'

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