Exodus 22:23

23 Indien gij hen enigszins beledigt, en indien zij enigszins tot Mij roepen, Ik zal hun geroep zekerlijk verhoren;

Exodus 22:23 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 22:23

If thou afflict them in any wise
. In any way, or by any means whatever; their minds, by reproaches, censures, insults, and their bodies by stripes, false imprisonment and in their substance, by withholding from them what belongs to them, taking what they have, or cheating and defrauding them in any respect; or, "in afflicting afflict them" F5; afflict them much, and continue to do so:

and they cry at all unto me;
in prayer, as the Targum of Jonathan; or, "in crying cry" F6; cry vehemently, or importunately, and with constancy, or rather, cry ever so little:

I will surely hear their cry;
the voice of their prayer, as the same Targum; or, "in hearing I will hear" F7; will certainly take notice of their cries, and return an answer to them, by appearing on their side, and avenging their injuries; for God is the Father of the fatherless, and the husband of the widow, and the Judge of them both: the manner of speaking or form of expression is the same in all these clauses, the words being doubled.


FOOTNOTES:

F5 (hnet hne) "affligendo afflixeris", Pagninus, Piscator, Ainsworth, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius.
F6 (qeuy qeu) "clamando clamaverit", Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Ainsworth.
F7 (emva emv) "audiendo audiam", Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Ainsworth.

Exodus 22:23 In-Context

21 Gij zult ook den vreemdeling geen overlast doen, noch hem onderdrukken; want gij zijt vreemdelingen geweest in Egypteland.
22 Gij zult geen weduwe noch wees beledigen.
23 Indien gij hen enigszins beledigt, en indien zij enigszins tot Mij roepen, Ik zal hun geroep zekerlijk verhoren;
24 En Mijn toorn zal ontsteken, en Ik zal ulieden met het zwaard doden; en uw vrouwen zullen weduwen, en uw kinderen zullen wezen worden.
25 Indien gij Mijn volk, dat bij u arm is, geld leent, zo zult gij tegen hetzelve niet zijn, als een woekeraar; gij zult op hetzelve geen woeker leggen.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.