23For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.


In Context

20 Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

21 To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?

22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

23 For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

24 Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

25 Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.

Proverbs 22:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:23for the Lord will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:23Because the Lord will judge his cause, and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:23for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:23For the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:23for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:23For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.