KJV King James Version
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
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Exodus 22:23
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.
WEB World English Bible
If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
ASV American Standard Version
If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;
Surrounding context — Exodus 22
20 He that sacrificeth unto [any] god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
25 If thou lend money to [any of] my people [that is] poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
26 If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אִם־H518 · imifעַנֵּ֥הH6031 · a.nahbe occupiedתְעַנֶּ֖הH6031 · a.nahbe occupiedאֹת֑וֹH853 · et[Obj.]כִּ֣יH3588 · kiforאִם־H518 · imifצָעֹ֤קH6817 · tsa.aqto cryיִצְעַק֙H6817 · tsa.aqto cryאֵלַ֔יH413 · elto(wards)שָׁמֹ֥עַH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearאֶשְׁמַ֖עH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearצַעֲקָתֽוֹ׃H6818 · tsa.a.qahcry
Cross-references
Job 34:28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.Luke 18:7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?Psalm 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.Psalm 10:17-18LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.James 5:4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.Job 35:9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.Psalm 146:7-9Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:Psalm 145:19He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.Proverbs 22:22-23Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:Proverbs 23:10-11Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:Deuteronomy 24:15At his day thou shalt give [him] his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he [is] poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.Job 31:38-39If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;Psalm 140:12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.
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