Proverbs 22:23 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

because the LORD will plead their case and will take the lives of those who rob them.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

ASV:

For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

BBE:

For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

DBY:

for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.

ERV:

For the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them.

JPS:

For the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them.

WBS:

For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

WEB:

for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

YLT:

For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

Proverbs 22:23 Cross References

XREF:

1 Samuel 25:39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed be the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and has kept back His servant from evil. The LORD has also returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head." Then David sent a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

Psalm 12:5 "Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in the safety for which he longs."

Psalm 35:10 All my bones will say, "LORD, who is like You, Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him, And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?"

Psalm 140:12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted And justice for the poor.

Proverbs 23:11 For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you.

Jeremiah 51:36 Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am going to plead your case And exact full vengeance for you; And I will dry up her sea And make her fountain dry. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

22:23 Spoil the soul - Take away not only their goods but their lives too.

MHC:

22:17-21. To these words, to this knowledge, the ear must be bowed down, and the heart applied by faith and love. To live a life of delight in God and dependence on him, is the foundation of all practical religion. The way to know the certainty of the word of truth, is to make conscience of our duty. 22,23. He that robs and oppresses the poor, does so at his peril. And if men will not appear for them, God will. 24,25. Our corrupt hearts have so much tinder in them, that it is dangerous to have to do with those that throw about the sparks of their passion.

CONC:

Case Cause Despoil Goods Plead Pleadeth Plunder Rob Soul Spoil Spoiled Spoilers Support

Case Cause Despoil Goods Life Plead Pleadeth Plunder Rob Soul Spoil Spoiled Spoilers Support

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