Exodus 23:3
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
KJV
Pauperis quoque non misereberis in judicio.
Vulgate
καὶ πένητα οὐκ ἐλεήσεις ἐν κρίσει.
LXX
neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.
ASV
וְ/דָ֕ל לֹ֥א תֶהְדַּ֖ר בְּ/רִיבֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
Open in reader with connections →
In the original Hebrew
4 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
דַּלִּ֔ים
dlym
adjective · 47×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
רִ֥יב
ryb
noun · 61×
תֶהְדַּ֖ר
thdr
verb · 7×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. The things done by Christ after the manner of men, are not so done only to establish the Incarnation, but also to educate us for virtue. For had He done all as God, how could we have known, on falling in with such things as we wished not, what we must do? As, for instance, when He was in this very place, and the Jews would have killed Him, He came into the midst of them, and…
Cross-references
- Deut 1:17 — Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you
- Isa 56:11 — Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
- Jas 3:17 — But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
- Lev 19:15 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
- Ps 82:2 — How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.