Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

They slay the widow and the stranger
And murder the orphans.

King James Version

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

Holman Bible

They kill the widow and the foreigner
and murder the fatherless.

International Standard Version

The wicked kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.

Amplified


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

Bible in Basic English

They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

Darby Translation

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,

Julia Smith Translation

The widow and the stranger they will slay, and they will kill the orphan.

King James 2000

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They kill widow and stranger, and they murder orphans,

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.

Webster

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
הרג 
Harag 
Usage: 166

the widow
אלמנה 
'almanah 
Usage: 54

and the stranger
גּיר גּר 
Ger 
Usage: 92

and murder
רצח 
Ratsach 
Usage: 47

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thy heritage. 6 They slay the widow and the stranger
And murder the orphans.
7 Yet they say, JAH shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

Cross References

Isaiah 10:2

to turn aside the poor from right judgment and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people that widows may be their prey and that they may rob the fatherless!

Isaiah 13:15-18

Every one that is found shall be thrust through, and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

Jeremiah 7:6

if ye do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt,

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus hath the LORD said: Execute judgment and righteousness and deliver the oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor and do not deceive, neither steal from the stranger nor from the fatherless nor from the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Ezekiel 22:7

In thee they have despised father and mother; in the midst of thee they have dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee they have vexed the fatherless and the widow.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near unto you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against false swearers and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, said the LORD of the hosts.

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