Exodus 22 · Verse 24

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.
Exodus 22:24, King James Version

Exodus 22:24 in other translations

BSBMy anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.
WEBand my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
ASVand my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
YLTand Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.
DARBYand my anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
BBEAnd in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.
WebsterAnd my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

Exodus 22:24 in the original Hebrew

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וְחָרָ֣הve.cha.Rahand it will burnH2734
אַפִּ֔י'a.Pianger myH639
וְהָרַגְתִּ֥יve.ha.rag.Tiand I will killH2026
אֶתְכֶ֖ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
בֶּחָ֑רֶבbe.Cha.revwith the swordH2719
וְהָי֤וּve.ha.Yuand they will beH1961
נְשֵׁיכֶם֙ne.shei.Khemwives yourH802
אַלְמָנ֔וֹת'al.ma.NotwidowsH490
וּבְנֵיכֶ֖םu.ve.nei.Khemand children yourH1121
יְתֹמִֽים\׃\ \פye.to.Mimfatherless onesH3490

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Cross references for Exodus 22:24

  • Psalms 109:9

    Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

  • Jeremiah 15:8

    Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

  • Lamentations 5:3

    We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

  • Psalms 78:63-64

    The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

  • Psalms 76:7

    Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

  • Psalms 69:24

    Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

  • Psalms 90:11

    Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

  • Jeremiah 18:21

    Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  • Job 31:23

    For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

  • Romans 2:5-9

    But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, …

  • Nahum 1:6

    Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

  • Job 27:13-15

    This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
my wrath.
Job 31:23; Ps 69:24; 76:7; 90:11; Na 1:6; Ro 2:5-9; Heb 10:31
your wives.
Job 27:13-15; Ps 78:63,64; 109:9; Jer 15:8; 18:21; La 5:3; Lu 6:38

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Context

  • 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.

  • Exodus 22:25

    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.

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Exodus 22:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y mi furor se encenderá, y os mataré á cuchillo, y vuestras mujeres serán viudas, y huérfanos vuestros hijos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Si tu prêtes de l’argent à mon peuple, au pauvre qui est avec toi, tu ne seras pas avec lui comme un usurier; vous ne lui imposerez pas d’intérêt.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und mein Zorn wird entbrennen, und ich werde euch mit dem Schwerte töten, und eure Weiber sollen Witwen und eure Kinder Waisen werden. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et indignabitur furor meus, percutiamque vos gladio, et erunt uxores vestræ viduæ, et filii vestri pupilli.