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


In Context

20 Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,

21 teaching you true and reliable words, so that you can give sound answers to him who sent you?

22 Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,

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

24 Do not make friends with a hot- tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered,

25 or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.

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 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 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.