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 crush your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage. 6 They slay the widow and the stranger
And murder the orphans.
7 and they say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive."

Cross References

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!

Isaiah 13:15-18

Whoever is found will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.

Jeremiah 7:6

if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm,

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the LORD: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

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.

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.

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