Psalm 94:6 “They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.”

Psalm 94:6

They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

World English Bible

They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.

American Standard Version

They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.

Geneva Bible 1599

They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murder the fatherlesse.

Darby Translation

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,

Young's Literal Translation

Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.

Bible in Basic English

They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

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Cross references

“They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.”

Isaiah 10:2 Ezekiel 22:7 Jeremiah 7:6 Malachi 3:5 Isaiah 13:15–18 Jeremiah 22:3

Isaiah 10:2 · BSB

to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.

Ezekiel 22:7 · BSB

Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.

Jeremiah 7:6 · BSB

if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,

Malachi 3:5 · BSB

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their…

Isaiah 13:15–18 · BSB

Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.

Jeremiah 22:3 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.

7They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”

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