Parallel Verses
Amplified
Rescue the weak and needy;
Rescue them from the hand of the wicked.
New American Standard Bible
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
King James Version
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Holman Bible
save them from the power of the wicked.”
International Standard Version
Rescue the poor and the needy, delivering them from the power of the wicked.
A Conservative Version
Rescue the poor and needy man. Deliver from the hand of the wicked man.
American Standard Version
Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
Darby Translation
Rescue the poor and needy, deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
Julia Smith Translation
Deliver the poor and needy one: take away out of the hand of the unjust
King James 2000
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Rescue [the] helpless and [the] needy; deliver [them] from the hand of [the] wicked."
Modern King James verseion
Deliver the poor and needy; save them out of the hand of the wicked.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Deliver the outcast and poor, and save them from the hand of the ungodly.
NET Bible
Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!
New Heart English Bible
Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."
The Emphasized Bible
Deliver the weak sad the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue.
Webster
Deliver the poor and needy: deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
World English Bible
Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."
Youngs Literal Translation
Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.
Themes
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 82:4
Prayers for Psalm 82:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Righteous Judgment
3
Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice and maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.
Rescue the weak and needy;
Rescue them from the hand of the wicked.
The rulers do not know nor do they understand;
They walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction];
All the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles of the administration of justice] are shaken.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 29:12
Because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.
Nehemiah 5:1-13
Now there was a great outcry of the [poorer] people and their wives against their Jewish brothers [to whom they were deeply in debt].
Job 5:15-16
“But God saves [the innocent] from the sword of the mouth of the devious,
And the poor from the hand of the mighty.
Job 29:16-17
“I was a father to the needy;
I investigated the case I did not know [and assured justice].
Psalm 72:12-14
For he will rescue the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted and abused also, and him who has no helper.
Psalm 140:12
I know [with confidence] that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
And [will secure] justice for the poor.
Proverbs 24:11-12
Rescue those who are being taken away to death,
And those who stagger to the slaughter, Oh hold them back [from their doom]!