Psalms 94:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.”
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BSBPD
“They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 94:6 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Isaiah 13:15Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.
- 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,
- 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 innocent blood in this place.
- Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
- 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 their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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