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


In Context

20 Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge?

21 To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee.

22 Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

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

24 Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

25 Lest thou learn his paths, And have received 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 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 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.