Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For Jehovah will contend their contention, and rob the soul to those robbing them.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Holman Bible
and will plunder those who plunder them.
International Standard Version
for the LORD will plead their case and ruin the lives of those who ruin them.
A Conservative Version
For LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those who despoil them.
American Standard Version
For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
Amplified
For the Lord will plead their case
And take the life of those who rob them.
Bible in Basic English
For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.
Darby Translation
for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.
King James 2000
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For Yahweh will plead their case and despoil those who despoil them of life.
Modern King James verseion
for Jehovah will plead their cause, and strip the soul of those who plunder them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for the LORD himself will defend their cause, and do violence unto them that have used violence.
NET Bible
for the Lord will plead their case and will rob those who are robbing them.
New Heart English Bible
for the LORD will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
The Emphasized Bible
For, Yahweh, will plead their cause, and will despoil their despoilers of life.
Webster
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
World English Bible
for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
Youngs Literal Translation
For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.
Interlinear
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 22:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living With Your Neighbor
22 Thou shalt not strip the poor because he is poor: and thou shalt not crush the humble in the gate. 23 For Jehovah will contend their contention, and rob the soul to those robbing them. 24 Thou shalt not be companion of the possessor of anger, and with the man of wrath thou shalt not go:
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:39
And David will hear that Nabal died, and he will say, Blessed Jehovah who plead the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and held back his servant from evil: and the evil of Nabal Jehovah turned back upon his head. And David will send and will speak with Abigail to take her to him for wife.
Psalm 12:5
From the oppression of the poor, from the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, Jehovah will say; I will set with salvation, he will puff at him.
Psalm 140:12
Knowing that Jehovah will do judgment to the poor one, judgment to the needy.
Proverbs 23:11
For he redeeming them, he is strong; he will contend their contention with thee.
Psalm 35:10
All my bones shall say, O Jehovah, who as thee, delivering the poor from him strong above him, and the poor and the needy from him stripping him?
Jeremiah 51:36
For this, thus said Jehovah: Behold me pleading thy cause, and I took vengeance with thy vengeance; and I dried up her sea, and made her fountains dry.
Psalm 68:5
A father of orphans and a judge of widows, God in his holy habitation.
Micah 7:9
The anger of Jehovah I will bear, for I sinned against him till he shall maintain my contention, and do my judgment: he will bring me forth to the light, I shall look upon his justice.
Malachi 3:5
And I came near to you for judgment: and I was a swift witness against those practicing magic, and against those committing adultery, and against those swearing to falsehood, and against those oppressing the hire of the hireling, the widow and the orphan, and those turning aside the stranger, and they feared not me, said Jehovah of armies.
1 Samuel 24:12
And Jehovah will judge between me and between thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee: and my hand shall not be upon thee.
1 Samuel 24:15
And Jehovah being for defender, and judge between me and between thee; and he will see and plead my cause, and he will judge me out of thine hand.
Psalm 35:1
To David. Contend, O Jehovah, with them contending with me: fight with those fighting with me.
Psalm 43:1
Judge me, O God, and contend my contention from a nation not godly: from the man of deceit and iniquity thou wilt deliver me.
Isaiah 33:1
Wo to thee oppressing, and thou not oppressed; and spoiling, and they spoiled not upon thee! when thou finishing to oppress, thou shalt be oppressed; when thou ceasing to spoil, they shall spoil upon thee.
Jeremiah 50:34
He redeeming them is strong; Jehovah of armies, his name: pleading, he will plead their cause, so that he caused the land to rest, and caused disquiet to the inhabitants of Babel.
Habakkuk 2:8
For thou didst spoil many nations, all the rest of the peoples shall spoil thee; from the bloods of man, and the violence of the land, of the city, and all dwelling in it.