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Exodus 22

Ex. 22:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ye shall not afflict
`anah (Hebrew #6031)
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
KJV usage: abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), speak (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), submit self, weaken, X in any wise.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (possibly rather ident. with 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI} through the idea of looking down or browbeating)
anyu widow
'almanah (Hebrew #490)
a widow; also a desolate place
KJV usage: desolate house (palace), widow.
Pronounce: al-maw-naw'
Origin: fem of 488
, or fatherless child
yathowm (Hebrew #3490)
a bereaved person
KJV usage: fatherless (child), orphan.
Pronounce: yaw-thome'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be lonely
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Deut. 24:17• 17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, or of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge a widow's garment. (Deut. 24:17)
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Psa. 94:6‑7• 6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
 7And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard it. (Psa. 94:6‑7)
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Isa. 1:17• 17learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow. (Isa. 1:17)
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Ezek. 22:7• 7In thee have they made light of 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. (Ezek. 22:7)
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James 1:27• 27Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)

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Cross References

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Deut. 10:18• 18who executeth the judgment of the fatherless and the widow, and loveth the stranger, to give him food and clothing. (Deut. 10:18)
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Deut. 24:17• 17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, or of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge a widow's garment. (Deut. 24:17)
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Deut. 27:19• 19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deut. 27:19)
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Psa. 94:6‑7• 6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
 7And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard it. (Psa. 94:6‑7)
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Isa. 1:17,23• 17learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow.
 23thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the widow cometh not unto them. (Isa. 1:17,23)
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Isa. 10:2• 2to 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! (Isa. 10:2)
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Ezek. 22:7• 7In thee have they made light of 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. (Ezek. 22:7)
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Zech. 7:10• 10and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. (Zech. 7:10)
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James 1:27• 27Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.