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Exodus 22:24

In 11 translations

BSB
My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.
KJV
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
WEB
and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
ASV
and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
LSV
and My anger has burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.
YLT
and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.
DBY
and my anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
DRC
And my rage shall be enkindled, and I will strike you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
GNV
Then shall my wrath be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wiues shall be widowes, and your children fatherlesse.
JPS22:23
My wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
LXXE22:23
And I will be very angry, and will slay you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans.

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Original-language editions

WLC22:23
וְחָרָ֣ה אַפִּ֔י וְהָרַגְתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם בֶּחָ֑רֶב וְהָי֤וּ נְשֵׁיכֶם֙ אַלְמָנ֔וֹת וּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם יְתֹמִֽים׃KJV:Exod.22.24
LXX-Br22:23
καὶ ὀργισθήσομαι θυμῷ, καὶ ἀποκτενῶ ὑμᾶς μαχαίρᾳ, καὶ ἔσονται αἱ γυναῖκες ὑμῶν χῆραι, καὶ τὰ παιδία ὑμῶν ὀρφανά.

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 109:9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
  • Jeremiah 15:8I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.
  • Lamentations 5:3We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
  • Psalms 69:24Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.
  • Psalms 90:11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
  • Psalms 78:63–64Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs. His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
  • Psalms 76:7You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
  • Job 31:23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
  • Jeremiah 18:21Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword…
  • Nahum 1:6Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
  • Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
  • Romans 2:5–9But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. God “will repay each one according to his deeds.” To those…
  • Hebrews 10:31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
  • Job 27:13–15This is the wicked man’s portion from God— the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty. Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food. His survivors…

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 22:23 in some Bibles
  • 22:24 in most Bibles

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