Psalms 94:6
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Psalms 94:6 in other translations
| BSB | They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless. |
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| WEB | They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless. |
| ASV | They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless. |
| YLT | Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder. |
| DARBY | They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless, |
| BBE | They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father; |
| Webster | They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. |
What does Psalms 94:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 94:5-6
5-6. thy people [and] thine heritage--are synonymous, the people being often called God's heritage. As justice to the weak is a sign of the best government, their oppression is a sign of the worst (De 10:18; Is 10:2).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 94:1-11
We may with boldness appeal to God; for he is the almighty Judge by whom every man is judged. Let this encourage those who suffer wrong, to bear it with silence, committing themselves to Him who judges righteously. These prayers are prophecies, which speak terror to the sons of violence. There will come a day of reckoning for all the hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against God, his truths, and ways…
Psalms 94:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 94:6
- 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!
- 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.
- 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:
- 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 13:15-18
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
- Jeremiah 22:3
Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
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Context
- Psalms 94:5
They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.
- Psalms 94:6
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
- Psalms 94:7
Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Psalms 94:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | A la viuda y al extanjero matan, y á los huérfanos quitan la vida. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ils tuent la veuve et l’étranger, et mettent à mort les orphelins, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie töten die Witwe und den Fremdling, und sie ermorden die Waisen, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Venite, adoremus, et procidamus, et ploremus ante Dominum qui fecit nos: |