so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.
Exodus 22:23 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you afflict them in any way and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry; American Standard Version (1901) If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; Common English Bible If you do treat them badly and they cry out to me, you can be sure that I’ll hear their cry. Catholic Public Domain Version If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If you hurt them they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry: |
so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.
*By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.
He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.
Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.
Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you.
in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you.
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.