19 ‘The one who denies justice to a foreigner, a fatherless child, or a widow is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

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19 “Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner,(A) the fatherless or the widow.”(B)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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You sent widows away empty-handed,
and the strength of the fatherless(A) was[a] crushed.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:9 LXX, Syr, Vg, Tg read you have

And you sent widows(A) away empty-handed(B)
    and broke the strength of the fatherless.(C)

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21 if I ever cast my vote[a] against a fatherless child
when I saw that I had support in the city gate,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:21 Lit I raise my hand

21 if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,(A)
    knowing that I had influence in court,(B)

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