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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,{HR}And murder the fatherless.
 7And they say, Jah will not see,{HR}Nor will the God of Jacob consider. (Psa. 94:6‑7)
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Isa. 1:17• 17Cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge 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• 27A religious service pure and undefiled before him that is God and Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep himself 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,{HR}And murder the fatherless.
 7And they say, Jah will not see,{HR}Nor will the God of Jacob consider. (Psa. 94:6‑7)
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Isa. 1:17,23• 17Cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
 23Thy 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. (Isa. 1:17,23)
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Isa. 10:2• 2to turn aside the needy 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• 27A religious service pure and undefiled before him that is God and Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

W. Kelly Translation

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Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)