Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Abandon your fatherless; I will preserve them;
let your widows trust in Me.

New American Standard Bible

“Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive;
And let your widows trust in Me.”

King James Version

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

International Standard Version

Leave your orphans. I'll keep them alive. Let your widows trust in me."

A Conservative Version

Leave thy fatherless sons; I will preserve them alive. And let thy widows trust in me.

American Standard Version

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

Amplified


“Leave your orphans behind; I will [do what is needed to] keep them alive.
And let [those who are] your widows trust and confide in Me.”

Bible in Basic English

Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.

Darby Translation

Leave thine orphans, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

Julia Smith Translation

Leave thine orphans, I will preserve alive, and thy widows shall trust upon me.

King James 2000

Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Leave your orphans. I will let [them] live. And your widows, let them trust in me."

Modern King James verseion

Leave your orphans; I will keep them alive; and let your widows trust in Me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou shalt leave thy fatherless children behind thee, and I will keep them, and thy widows shall take their comfort in me.

NET Bible

Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me."

New Heart English Bible

Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.'

The Emphasized Bible

Leave thy fatherless children I, will preserve them alive, - And thy widows, In me, let them trust.

Webster

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

World English Bible

Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.

Youngs Literal Translation

Leave thine orphans -- I do keep alive, And thy widows -- on Me trust ye,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יתום 
Yathowm 
Usage: 42

חיה 
Chayah 
Usage: 264

and let thy widows
אלמנה 
'almanah 
Usage: 54

בּטח 
Batach 
Usage: 120

References

American

Easton

Hastings

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Edom

10 But I will strip Esau bare;
I will uncover his secret places.
He will try to hide himself, but he will be unable.
His descendants will be destroyed
along with his relatives and neighbors.
He will exist no longer.
11 Abandon your fatherless; I will preserve them;
let your widows trust in Me.
12 “For this is what the Lord says: If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not remain unpunished, for you must drink it too.


Cross References

Psalm 68:5

God in His holy dwelling is
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.

Hosea 14:3

Assyria will not save us,
we will not ride on horses,
and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods!’
to the work of our hands.
For the fatherless receives compassion in You.”

Deuteronomy 10:18

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

Psalm 10:14-18

But You Yourself have seen trouble and grief,
observing it in order to take the matter into Your hands.
The helpless entrusts himself to You;
You are a helper of the fatherless.

Psalm 82:3

Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord protects foreigners
and helps the fatherless and the widow,
but He frustrates the ways of the wicked.

Proverbs 23:10-11

Don’t move an ancient boundary marker,
and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

Jonah 4:11

Should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot distinguish between their right and their left, as well as many animals?”

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner. They do not fear Me,” says the Lord of Hosts.

1 Timothy 5:5

The real widow, left all alone, has put her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers;

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

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