KJV King James Version
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Deuteronomy 10:18
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
WEB World English Bible
He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.
ASV American Standard Version
He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 10
15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, [even] you above all people, as [it is] this day.
16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
17 For the LORD your God [is] God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
21 He [is] thy praise, and he [is] thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
עֹשֶׂ֛הH6213 · a.sahto make: doמִשְׁפַּ֥טH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementיָת֖וֹםH3490 · ya.tomorphanוְאַלְמָנָ֑הH490 · al.ma.nahwidowוְאֹהֵ֣בH157 · a.havto love: loverגֵּ֔רH1616 · gersojournerלָ֥תֶתH5414 · na.tanto give: giveל֖וֹH9033 · ohimלֶ֥חֶםH3899 · le.chemfoodוְשִׂמְלָֽה׃H8071 · sim.lahmantle
Cross-references
Psalm 146:9The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.Psalm 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, [is] God in his holy habitation.Jeremiah 49:11Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve [them] alive; and let thy widows trust in me.Psalm 145:9The LORD [is] good to all: and his tender mercies [are] over all his works.Isaiah 1:17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.Psalm 103:6The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.Hosea 14:3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.Matthew 5:45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.Exodus 22:22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.Acts 14:17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
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