Exodus 23:6 Cross References - Rotherham

⁶ Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one, in his quarrel.

² Thou shalt not follow multitudes to commit wickedness,––neither shalt thou answer in a quarrel, so as to turn away after multitudes to mislead. ³ Even a poor man, shalt thou not prefer in his quarrel.

¹⁵ Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment, Thou shalt neither respect the person of the poor, Nor prefer the person of the great,––In righteousness, shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

¹⁹ Thou shalt not wrest judgment, thou shalt not take note of faces,––nor shalt thou accept a bribe, for, the bribe, blindeth the eyes of wise men, and perverteth the words of righteous men.

¹⁹ Cursed, be he that perverteth the right of the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow. And all the people shall say––Amen.

⁷ Now, therefore, let the dread of Yahweh be upon you,––observe and do, for there is, with Yahweh our God, neither perversity nor respect of persons nor the taking of bribes.

¹³ If I refused the right of my servant, or my handmaid, when they contended with me,

²¹ If I shook––against the fatherless––my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help, ²² Let, my shoulder, from the shoulder–blade, fall, and, my arm, from the upper bone, be broken;

³ Vindicate the weak and the fatherless, The oppressed and the poor, see righted; ⁴ Deliver the weak and the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue.

⁸ If, the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of justice and righteousness, thou see in the province, do not be astonished over the matter,––for, one high above the highest, is watching, yea, the Most High, is over them.

¹ Alas! for them who ordain iniquitous decrees,––And, busy writers, who make a business of writing, mischief: ² Turning aside, from judgment, the poor, And robbing, of justice, the oppressed of my people,––So that, widows, become, their spoil, And, of the fatherless, they make prey.

²⁸ They have waxed fat, they shine, Yea, they have overpassed the records of wickedness. The right, have they not determined, the right of the fatherless, that they might prosper,––Yea, justice to the helpless, have they not decreed.

²⁸ They all, are rebels of rebels, Slander–walkers, [They are] bronze and iron! As for them all, corrupters, they are!

⁶ The sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, shall not oppress, And, innocent blood, shall not shed in this place,––And, after other gods, shall not walk, to your own hurt,

¹¹ Therefore––because ye have trampled on the poor, and, the gift of corn, ye would take away from him, though, houses of hewn stone, ye have built, Yet shall ye not dwell in them,––Though, delightful vineyards, ye have planted, Yet shall ye not drink the wine of them. ¹² For I know how numerous are your transgressions, and how surpassing your sins,––ye adversaries of the righteous! ye acceptors of a bribe! Even the needy in the gate, have they turned away!

¹ Then said I, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel,––Is it not yours to know justice? ² Ye haters of right, and lovers of wrong,––tearing away their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; ³ Who indeed have eaten the flesh of my people, and, their skin from off them, have stript, and, their bones, have they broken in pieces,––and will spread them out, as flesh with a fork, and as flesh, in the midst of a pot. ⁴ Then, shall they make outcry unto Yahweh, but he will not answer them,––that he may hide his face from them, at that time, even as they have made wicked their doings.

¹ Alas for her that is rebellious, and polluted, the city that oppresseth! ² She hath hearkened to no voice, accepted no correction; in Yahweh, hath not trusted, to her God, hath not drawn near: ³ Her rulers in her midst, are roaring lions,––her judges, evening wolves, they have left nothing until morning! ⁴ Her prophets, are reckless, treacherous men! her priests, have profaned the holy, done violence to law. ⁵ Therefore will I draw near unto you for judgment, and will become a swift witness against the mutterers of incantations, and against the adulterers, and against them that swear to a falsehood,––and against them who rob the hire of the hireling, the widow and the fatherless, and that drive away the sojourner, and do not revere me, saith Yahweh of hosts.

⁵ Hearken! my brethren beloved:––Hath not, God, chosen the destitute in the world [to be] rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? ⁶ Whereas, ye, have dishonoured the destitute man! Do not, the rich, oppress you? and, themselves, drag you into courts of justice?