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


In Context

20 Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,

21 that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest 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 the soul of those that despoil them.

24 Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;

25 lest thou learn his paths, 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:23For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life 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.