Proverbs 22:23

for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

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WEBBE

for the LORD will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

BSB

for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.

KJV

For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

ASV

For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

BBE

For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

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Matthew Henry · Verses 22–23

He that robs and oppresses the poor, does so at his peril. And if men will not appear for them, God will.

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.