The LORD Will Not Forget His People
Psalms 94:6
In 11 translations
- BSB
- They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
- KJV
- They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
- WEB
- They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
- ASV
- They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.
- LSV
- They slay widow and sojourner, || And they murder fatherless ones.
- YLT
- Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
- DBY
- They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
- DRC93:6
- They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.
- GNV
- They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murder the fatherlesse.
- JPS
- They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
- LXXE93:6
- They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- אַ֭לְמָנָה וְגֵ֣ר יַהֲרֹ֑גוּ וִֽיתוֹמִ֣ים יְרַצֵּֽחוּ׃
- LXX-Br93:6
- Χήραν καὶ ὀρφανὸν ἀπέκτειναν, καὶ προσήλυτον ἐφόνευσαν.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
FatherlessOrphanWidowStrangers in IsraelWidowsCharacter of the WickedCharacterWicked (People)Afflictions and Adversities
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 10:2to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
- Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
- Jeremiah 7:6if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of…
- Isaiah 13:15–18Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword. Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. Behold, I will…
- 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…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 93:6 in some Bibles
- 94:6 in most Bibles