Exodus 22:24

24 My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.

Exodus 22:24 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
English Standard Version (ESV)
24 and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
New Living Translation (NLT)
24 My anger will blaze against you, and I will kill you with the sword. Then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless.
The Message Bible (MSG)
24 I'll show my anger and come raging among you with the sword, and your wives will end up widows and your children orphans.
American Standard Version (ASV)
24 and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
24 I will become angry and have you killed in combat. Then your wives and children will become widows and orphans.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
24 My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
24 And I will get angry. I will kill you with a sword. Your wives will become widows. Your children's fathers will die.

Exodus 22:24 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 22:24

And my wrath shall wax hot
Against those that afflict them, being so devoid of humanity, compassion, and tenderness, and so guilty of oppression and injustice, which are aggravated by the circumstances of the persons they ill treat, and therefore the more provoking to God:

and I will kill you with the sword;
with the sword of death, says the Targum of Jonathan; it designs one of God's sore judgments, the sword of an enemy; the meaning is, that when such evils should become frequent among them, God would suffer a neighbouring nation to break in upon them in an hostile way, and put them to the sword; hence it follows:

and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless;
be in the same circumstances with those they have injured, and therefore should consider not only the destruction that would come upon themselves, being cutoff by the sword, but the case of their families; and how, could they be sensible of it, they would like to have their wives and children used as they have used the widows and fatherless.

Exodus 22:24 In-Context

22 “Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless.
23 If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.
24 My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.
25 “If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.
26 If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset,

Cross References 1

  • 1. Psalms 69:24; Psalms 109:9; Lamentations 5:3
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