the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Exodus 23:6
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"You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
"‘You will not pervert the justice of your poor in his legal dispute.
"You must not be unfair to a poor person when he is in court.
"You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.
"You shall not pervert (bend) the justice due to your poor in his dispute.
"You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.
Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.
"You shall not cause the justice due to your needy brother to be turned aside in his case.
Make sure that the poor are given equal justice in court.
(v) "Do not deny anyone justice in his lawsuit simply because he is poor.
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
"In court, don't let anyone take advantage of a person simply because that person is poor.
"You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.
You shall not pervert the justice due to a poor man in his lawsuit.
"Do not deny justice to a poor person when he appears in court.
“You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit.
You shall not pervert the judgment of your needy one in his lawsuit.
Thou shalt not wraist the righte of thy poore in his cause.
Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.
Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.
Thou shalt not hinder the right of thy poore in his suite.
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Thou shalt not wrest the iudgement of thy poore in his cause.
Thou shalt not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment.
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
Thou schalt not bowe in the doom of a pore man.
`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;
You shall not pervert the justice [due] to your poor in his cause.
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
"You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
"You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute.
"In a lawsuit, you must not deny justice to the poor.
Do not keep from doing what is right and fair in trying to help a poor brother when he has a problem.
You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in their lawsuits.
Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one in his quarrel.
Thou shalt not go aside in the poor man’s judgment.
"You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his suit.
"When there is a dispute concerning your poor, don't tamper with the justice due them.
"You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Exodus 23:2, Exodus 23:3, Deuteronomy 16:19, Deuteronomy 27:19, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Job 31:13, Job 31:21, Job 31:22, Psalms 82:3, Psalms 82:4, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Isaiah 10:1, Isaiah 10:2, Jeremiah 5:28, Jeremiah 6:28, Jeremiah 7:6, Amos 5:11, Amos 5:12, Micah 3:1-4, Zephaniah 3:1-4, Malachi 3:5, James 2:5, James 2:6
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:16 - General Exodus 22:9 - the cause of both parties Deuteronomy 1:17 - ye shall hear Deuteronomy 24:17 - pervert Deuteronomy 25:1 - General 2 Samuel 23:3 - must be just Psalms 82:2 - judge Proverbs 22:22 - oppress Proverbs 24:24 - that Isaiah 5:23 - justify Isaiah 33:15 - shaketh Jeremiah 22:3 - Execute Habakkuk 1:4 - wrong 2 Peter 3:16 - wrest
Cross-References
and Abram [is] exceedingly wealthy in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
And Abram hears that his brother has been taken captive, and he draws out his trained servants, three hundred and eighteen, and pursues to Dan.
and Sarah laughs in her heart, saying, "After I have waxed old have I had pleasure? My lord [is] also old!"
And it comes to pass at that time that Abimelech speaks—Phichol also, head of his host—to Abraham, saying, "God [is] with you in all that you are doing;
And the life of Sarah is one hundred and twenty-seven years—years of the life of Sarah;
and Sarah dies in Kirjath-Arba, which [is] Hebron, in the land of Canaan, and Abraham goes to mourn for Sarah, and to lament her.
"A sojourner and a settler I [am] with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me."
And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him,
and she says, "Drink, my lord"; and she hurries, and lets down her pitcher on her hand, and gives him drink.
and YHWH has blessed my lord exceedingly, and he is great; and He gives to him flock, and herd, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and donkeys;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. As the poor man was not to be favoured when his cause was bad through an affected pity for him as a poor man, so his judgment was not to be wrested or perverted, when his cause was good, because of his poverty; which is too often the case, through the power of rich men, and the prevalence of their gifts and bribes, and to curry favour with them: the phrase, "thy poor", is very emphatic, and intended to engage judges to regard them, as being of the same flesh and blood with them, of the same nation and religion; and who were particularly committed to their care and protection under God, who is the Judge and protector of the poor, of the widow and the fatherless.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Four precepts evidently addressed to those in authority as judges:
(a) To do justice to the poor. ComparingExodus 23:6; Exodus 23:6 with Exodus 23:3, it was the part of the judge to defend the poor against the oppression of the rich, and the part of the witness to take care lest his feelings of natural pity should tempt him to falsify evidence.
(b) To be cautious of inflicting capital punishment on one whose guilt was not clearly proved. A doubtful case was rather to be left to God Himself, who would ânot justify the wicked,â nor suffer him to go unpunished though he might be acquitted by an earthly tribunal. Exodus 23:7.
(c) To take no bribe or present which might in any way pervert judgment Exodus 23:8; compare Num 16:15; 1 Samuel 12:3; Acts 26:26.
(d) To vindicate the rights of the stranger Exodus 23:9 - rather, the foreigner. (Exodus 20:10 note.) This verse is a repetition of Exodus 22:21, but the precept is there addressed to the people at large, while it is here addressed to the judges in reference to their official duties. The caution was perpetually necessary. Compare Ezekiel 22:7; Malachi 3:5. The word rendered âheartâ is more strictly âsoul,â and would be better represented here by feelings.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 23:6. Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor — Thou shalt neither countenance him in his crimes, nor condemn him in his righteousness. See Exodus 23:5; Exodus 23:7.
