Exodus 22 · Verse 23

Exodus 22:23

If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Exodus 22:23, King James Version

Exodus 22:23 in other translations

BSBIf you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.
WEBIf you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
ASVIf thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
YLTif thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;
DARBYIf thou afflict him in any way, if he cry at all unto me, I will certainly hear his cry;
BBEIf you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;
WebsterIf thou shalt afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry:

Exodus 22:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אִם\־'im-<if>H518
עַנֵּ֥ה'a.Nehcertainly [if] <to afflict>H6031
תְעַנֶּ֖הte.'a.Nehyou will afflictH6031
אֹת֑וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
כִּ֣יkithatH3588
אִם\־'im-exceptH518
צָעֹ֤קtza.'Okcarefully <to cry out>H6817
יִצְעַק֙yitz.'Akhe will cry outH6817
אֵלַ֔י'e.Laito meH413
שָׁמֹ֥עַsha.Mo.a'certainly <to hear>H8085
אֶשְׁמַ֖ע'esh.Ma'I will hearH8085
צַעֲקָתֽוֹ\׃tza.'a.ka.Tocry of distress hisH6818

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 22:23

  • Psalms 10:17-18

    Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

  • Psalms 18:6

    In 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.

  • Job 34:28

    So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

  • Luke 18:7

    And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

  • Deuteronomy 15:9

    Beware 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.

  • Job 35:9

    By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

  • James 5:4

    Behold, 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.

  • Psalms 146:7-9

    Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners: The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous: The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

  • Psalms 145:19

    He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

  • Proverbs 22:22-23

    Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

  • Psalms 140:12

    I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

  • Job 31:38-39

    If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they cry at all.
De 15:9; 24:15; Job 31:38,39; 35:9; Lu 18:7
I will surely.
Job 34:28; Ps 10:17,18; 18:6; 140:12; 145:19; 146:7-9; Pr 22:22,23
Pr 23:10,11; Jas 5:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 22:22

    Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

  • Exodus 22:23

    If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

  • 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.

Read all of Exodus 22

Exodus 22:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Que si tú llegas á afligirle, y él á mí clamare, ciertamente oiré yo su clamor;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et ma colère s’embrasera, et je vous tuerai par l’épée, et vos femmes seront veuves, et vos enfants orphelins.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn du sie irgend bedrückst, so werde ich, wenn sie irgendwie zu mir schreit, ihr Geschrei gewißlich erhören;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Si læseritis eos, vociferabuntur ad me, et ego audiam clamorem eorum: