Exodus 23:6

Old Testament • 4 words with Strong's data

"Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Thou shalt not

נָטָה

nâṭâh

H5186

to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application

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מִשְׁפָּט

mishpâṭ

H4941

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...

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of thy

עָנִי

ʻânîy

H6041

depressed, in mind or circumstances

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in his

רִיב

rîyb

H7379

a contest (personal or legal)

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Key Terms in This Verse

wrest H5186

נָטָה nâṭâh

to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application

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poor H6041

עָנִי ʻânîy

depressed, in mind or circumstances

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judgment H4941

מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...

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cause H7379

רִיב rîyb

a contest (personal or legal)

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Cross References

Malachi 3:5 cross-reference

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his...

Jeremiah 5:28 cross-reference

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Leviticus 19:15 cross-reference

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Deuteronomy 27:19 cross-reference

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Ecclesiastes 5:8 cross-reference

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher ...

Deuteronomy 16:19 cross-reference

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Job 31:13 cross-reference

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

Jeremiah 7:6 cross-reference

If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

2 Chronicles 19:7 cross-reference

Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

Jeremiah 6:28 cross-reference

They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

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