Isaiah 10 · Verse 2

Isaiah 10:2

To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
Isaiah 10:2, King James Version

Isaiah 10:2 in other translations

BSBto deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
WEBto deprive the needy of justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
ASVto turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
YLTTo turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.
DARBYto turn away the poor from judgment, and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people; that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
BBEWho do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.
WebsterTo turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

What does Isaiah 10:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. To turn aside, &c.--The effect of their conduct is to pervert the cause of the needy [Horsley]. In English Version "from judgment" means "from obtaining justice." take away the right--"make plunder of the right" (rightful claim) [Horsley].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 My people - Instead of עמי ammi, my people, many MSS., and one of my own, ancient, read עמו ammo, his people. But this is manifestly a corruption.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 10:1-4

Woes against proud oppressors. (Is. 10:1-4) The Assyrian but an instrument in the hand of God for the punishment of his people. (Is. 10:5-19) The deliverance from him. (Is. 10:20-34) Verses 1-4 These verses are to be joined with the foregoing chapter. Woe to the superior powers that devise and decree unrighteous decrees! And woe to the inferior officers that draw them up, and enter them on record! But what will…

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Isaiah 10:2 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.

לְהַטּ֤וֹתle.ha.Totto turn asideH5186
מִדִּין֙mi.Dinfrom judgmentH1779
דַּלִּ֔יםda.Limpoor [people]H1800
וְלִגְזֹ֕לve.lig.Zoland to take awayH1497
מִשְׁפַּ֖טmish.Pat[the] justice ofH4941
עֲנִיֵּ֣י'a.ni.Yei[the] poor [people] ofH6041
עַמִּ֑י'a.Mipeople myH5971
לִהְי֤וֹתlih.Yotto beH1961
אַלְמָנוֹת֙'al.ma.nOtwidowsH490
שְׁלָלָ֔םshe.la.Lamprey theirH7998
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
יְתוֹמִ֖יםye.to.Mimfatherless onesH3490
יָבֹֽזּוּ\׃ya.Vo.zuthey will plunderH962

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

Cross references for Isaiah 10:2

  • Malachi 3:5

    And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Isaiah 3:14

    The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

  • Ezekiel 22:7

    In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

  • Isaiah 29:21

    That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

  • Isaiah 5:23

    Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • Isaiah 1:23

    Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

  • Isaiah 5:7

    For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

  • Jeremiah 7:6

    If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

  • Amos 2:7

    That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

  • Amos 5:11-12

    Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

  • Lamentations 3:35

    To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

  • Matthew 23:13

    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
turn aside.
29:21; La 3:35; Am 2:7; 5:11,12; Mal 3:5
that widows.
1:23; 3:14; 5:7; Jer 7:6; Eze 22:7; Mt 23:14

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Context

  • Isaiah 10:1

    Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

  • Isaiah 10:2

    To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

  • Isaiah 10:3

    And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

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Isaiah 10:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por apartar del juicio á los pobres, y por quitar el derecho á los afligidos de mi pueblo; por despojar las viudas, y robar los huérfanos!
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
pour empêcher que justice ne soit faite aux pauvres, et pour ravir leur droit aux affligés de mon peuple; pour faire des veuves leur proie et piller les orphelins.
German
Elberfelder 1871
um die Armen vom Gericht zu verdrängen und die Elenden meines Volkes ihres Rechtes zu berauben, damit die Witwen ihre Beute werden und sie die Waisen plündern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ut opprimerent in judicio pauperes, et vim facerent causæ humilium populi mei; ut essent viduæ præda eorum, et pupillos diriperent.