Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.

King James Version

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

Holman Bible

God in His holy dwelling is
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.

International Standard Version

A father to orphans and an advocate for widows is God in his holy dwelling place.

A Conservative Version

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

American Standard Version

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.

Amplified


A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.

Bible in Basic English

A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

Darby Translation

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

Julia Smith Translation

A father of orphans and a judge of widows, God in his holy habitation.

King James 2000

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A father to orphans and a judge for widows [is] God in his holy habitation.

Modern King James verseion

In His holy dwelling God is the father of the fatherless, and the judge of the widows.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He is a father of the fatherless, he is a defender of widows; even God in his holy habitation.

NET Bible

He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.

New Heart English Bible

A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

The Emphasized Bible

The father of the fatherless, And the advocate of widows, Is God, in his holy habitation.

Webster

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

World English Bible

A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

Youngs Literal Translation

Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

God's Majestic Power

4 Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
Lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts,
Whose name is the Lord, and exult before Him.
5 A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
6 God makes a home for the lonely;
He leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:18

He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.

Psalm 10:14

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand.
The unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord protects the strangers;
He supports the fatherless and the widow,
But He thwarts the way of the wicked.

Deuteronomy 26:15

Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel, and the ground which You have given us, a land flowing with milk and honey, as You swore to our fathers.’

2 Chronicles 6:2

“I have built You a lofty house,
And a place for Your dwelling forever.”

2 Chronicles 30:27

Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came to His holy dwelling place, to heaven.

Job 29:12-13

Because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.

Job 31:16-17

“If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Psalm 10:18

To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed,
So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.

Psalm 33:14

From His dwelling place He looks out
On all the inhabitants of the earth,

Psalm 72:2

May he judge Your people with righteousness
And Your afflicted with justice.

Psalm 72:4

May he vindicate the afflicted of the people,
Save the children of the needy
And crush the oppressor.

Psalm 82:3-4

Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels
And companions of thieves;
Everyone loves a bribe
And chases after rewards.
They do not defend the orphan,
Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and exalted One
Who lives forever, whose name is Holy,
“I dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord,
Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where then is a house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that I may rest?

Jeremiah 5:28

‘They are fat, they are sleek,
They also excel in deeds of wickedness;
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the orphan, that they may prosper;
And they do not defend the rights of the poor.

Jeremiah 49:11

“Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive;
And let your widows trust in Me.”

Hosea 14:3

“Assyria will not save us,
We will not ride on horses;
Nor will we say again, ‘Our god,’
To the work of our hands;
For in You the orphan finds mercy.”

Luke 18:2-7

saying, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man.

Acts 7:48-49

However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

Ephesians 5:1

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;

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