KJV King James Version
For that [is] his covering only, it [is] his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I [am] gracious.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Exodus 22:27
For that [is] his covering only, it [is] his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I [am] gracious.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for it alone is his covering, it is his garment for his skin; wherein doth he lie down? and it hath come to pass, when he doth cry unto Me, that I have heard, for I am gracious.
Surrounding context — Exodus 22
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:
27 For that [is] his covering only, it [is] his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I [am] gracious.
28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
29 Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, [and] with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
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כִּ֣יH3588 · kiforהִ֤ואH1931 · huhe/she/itכְסוּתוֹ֙H3682 · ke.sutcoveringלְבַדָּ֔הּH905 · badalone: poleהִ֥ואH1931 · huhe/she/itשִׂמְלָת֖וֹH8071 · sim.lahmantleלְעֹר֑וֹH5785 · orskinבַּמֶּ֣הH4100 · mahwhat?יִשְׁכָּ֔בH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downוְהָיָה֙H1961 · ha.yahto beכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforיִצְעַ֣קH6817 · tsa.aqto cryאֵלַ֔יH413 · elto(wards)וְשָׁמַעְתִּ֖יH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforחַנּ֥וּןH2587 · chan.nungraciousאָֽנִי׃ סH589 · a.niI
Cross-references
Exodus 34:6And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,2 Chronicles 30:9For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children [shall find] compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God [is] gracious and merciful, and will not turn away [his] face from you, if ye return unto him.Psalm 86:15But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.Exodus 22:23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;Psalm 34:6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.Psalm 72:12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.Psalm 136:10-11To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:Isaiah 19:20And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.Exodus 2:23-24And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
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