Isaiah 1:17

In 11 translations

BSB

Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”Or and encourage the oppressed

KJV

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.relieve: or, righten

WEB

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

ASV

learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

LSV

Seek judgment, make the oppressed blessed, || Judge the fatherless, strive [for] the widow.

YLT

Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive [for] the widow.

DBY

learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow.

DRC

Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.

GNV

Learne to doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe.

JPS

Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

LXXE

learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.

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WLC

לִמְד֥וּ הֵיטֵ֛ב דִּרְשׁ֥וּ מִשְׁפָּ֖ט אַשְּׁר֣וּ חָמ֑וֹץ שִׁפְט֣וּ יָת֔וֹם רִ֖יבוּ אַלְמָנָֽה׃

LXX-Br

μάθετε καλὸν ποιεῖν, ἐκζητήσατε κρίσιν, ῥύσασθε ἀδικούμενον, κρίνατε ὀρφανῷ, καὶ δικαιώσατε χήραν.

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• Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
• Jeremiah 22:3This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed…
• Psalms 82:3–4Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
• Proverbs 31:9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
• Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
• Zechariah 7:9–10“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your…
• Jeremiah 22:15–16Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him. He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went…
• Daniel 4:27Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
• Zechariah 8:16These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
• Zephaniah 2:3Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.

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