Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
Exodus 22:24 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And My wrath shall burn; I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless. American Standard Version (1901) and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. Common English Bible I’ll be furious, and I’ll kill you with the sword. Then your wives will be widows, and your children will be orphans. Catholic Public Domain Version And my fury will be enraged, and I will strike you down with the sword. And your wives will become widows, and your sons will become orphans. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And my rage shall be enkindled, and I will strike you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. |
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Who knoweth the power of thine anger? Even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.