Parallel Verses
Amplified
And murder the fatherless.
New American Standard Bible
And murder the orphans.
King James Version
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Holman Bible
and murder the fatherless.
International Standard Version
The wicked kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans.
A Conservative Version
They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless.
American Standard Version
They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.
Bible in Basic English
They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
Darby Translation
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
Julia Smith Translation
The widow and the stranger they will slay, and they will kill the orphan.
King James 2000
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They kill widow and stranger, and they murder orphans,
Modern King James verseion
They kill the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They murder the widow and the stranger, and put the fatherless to death.
NET Bible
They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless.
New Heart English Bible
They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
The Emphasized Bible
The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
Webster
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
World English Bible
They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
Youngs Literal Translation
Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
Themes
Character » Of the wicked » Murderous
Character of the wicked » Murderous
Fatherless » The wicked » Murder
Iniquity » The workers of iniquity
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 94:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors
5
They crush Your people, O Lord,
And afflict and abuse Your heritage.
And murder the fatherless.
Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob (Israel) notice it.”
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 10:2
So as to deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor of My people of rightful claims,
So that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the fatherless.
Isaiah 13:15-18
Anyone who is found will be pierced through,
And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
Jeremiah 7:6
if you do not oppress the transient and the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood [by oppression and by unjust judicial murders] in Jerusalem, nor follow after other gods to your own ruin,
Jeremiah 22:3
Thus says the Lord, “Execute justice and righteousness, and rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of his oppressor. And do no wrong; do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
Ezekiel 22:7
In you they have treated father and mother lightly. They have oppressed the stranger among you; and in your presence they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and against those who turn away the alien [from his right], and those who do not fear Me [with awe-filled reverence],” says the Lord of hosts.