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Exodus 23:9
| ← Exodus 23:8 | Exodus 23:9 (KJV) | Exodus 23:10 → |
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And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
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Verse Text
Also thou shalt not oppressH3905 a strangerH1616: for ye knowH3045 the heartH5315 of a strangerH1616, seeingH3588 ye were strangersH1616 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714.
וְגֵר לֹא תִלְחָץ וְאַתֶּם יְדַעְתֶּם אֶת־נֶפֶשׁ הַגֵּר כִּי־גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
וְ/גֵ֖ר |
ve./Ger | H1616 | HC/Ncmsa | and/ a sojourner |
לֹ֣א |
lo' | H3808 | HTn | not |
תִלְחָ֑ץ |
til.Chatz | H3905 | HVqi2ms | you must oppress |
וְ/אַתֶּ֗ם |
ve./'a.Tem | H859 | HC/Pp2mp | and/ you |
יְדַעְתֶּם֙ |
ye.da'.Tem | H3045 | HVqp2mp | you have known |
אֶת |
'et- | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
נֶ֣פֶשׁ |
Ne.fesh | H5315 | HNcbsc | (the) life of |
הַ/גֵּ֔ר |
ha./Ger | H1616 | HTd/Ncmsa | the/ sojourner |
כִּֽי |
ki- | H3588 | HC | for |
גֵרִ֥ים |
ge.Rim | H1616 | HNcmpa | sojourners |
הֱיִיתֶ֖ם |
he.yi.Tem | H1961 | HVqp2mp | you were |
בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ |
be./'E.retz | H776 | HR/Ncbsc | in/ (the) land of |
מִצְרָֽיִם |
mitz.Ra.yim | H4714 | HNp | Egypt |
- H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
- H1616 — גֵּר (gêr, gare): or (fully) geyr (gare); from גּוּר; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner; alien, sojourner, stranger.
- H3045 — יָדַע (yâdaʻ, yaw-dah'): a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.
- H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
- H3905 — לָחַץ (lâchats, law-khats'): a primitive root; properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress; afflict, crush, force, hold fast, oppress(-or), thrust self.
- H4714 — מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim): dual of מָצוֹר; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
- H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
- H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ; or אַת; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי; plural masculine אַתֶּם; feminine אַתֶּן; or אַתֵּנָהlemma אתֵּנָה missing vowel, corrected to אַתֵּנָה; or אַתֵּנָּה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
- H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
- H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- thou shalt not — Exodus 21:21, Deuteronomy 10:19, Deuteronomy 24:14-18, Deuteronomy 27:19, Psalms 94:6, Ezekiel 22:7
- ye know — Matthew 18:33, Hebrews 2:17-18
Reciprocal references (13): Genesis 15:13, Exodus 20:10, Exodus 22:21, Leviticus 19:33, Leviticus 25:35, Deuteronomy 1:16, Deuteronomy 23:7, Deuteronomy 23:16, Deuteronomy 24:17, Ezekiel 18:7, Ezekiel 22:29, Zechariah 7:10, Hebrews 4:15
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- Torrey’s: STRANGERS IN ISRAEL
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