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A Call to Obedience

Deuteronomy 10:18

In 11 translations

BSB
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
KJV
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
WEB
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner in giving him food and clothing.
ASV
He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.
LSV
He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give bread and raiment to him.
YLT
He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment.
DBY
who executeth the judgment of the fatherless and the widow, and loveth the stranger, to give him food and clothing.
DRC
He doth judgment to the fatherless and the widow, loveth the stranger, and giveth him food and raiment.
GNV
Who doeth right vnto the fatherlesse and widowe, and loueth the stranger, giuing him foode and rayment.
JPS
He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
LXXE
executing judgment for the stranger and orphan and widow, and he loves the stranger to give him food and raiment.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
עֹשֶׂ֛ה מִשְׁפַּ֥ט יָת֖וֹם וְאַלְמָנָ֑ה וְאֹהֵ֣ב גֵּ֔ר לָ֥תֶת ל֖וֹ לֶ֥חֶם וְשִׂמְלָֽה׃
LXX-Br
ποιῶν κρίσιν προσηλύτῳ καὶ ὀρφανῷ καὶ χήρᾳ, καὶ ἀγαπᾷ τὸν προσήλυτον δοῦναι αὐτῷ ἄρτον καὶ ἱμάτιον.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 146:9The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
  • Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
  • Jeremiah 49:11Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
  • Psalms 145:9The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
  • Isaiah 1:17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
  • Psalms 103:6The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
  • Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
  • Matthew 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
  • Exodus 22:22You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
  • Acts 14:17Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

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