Verse 3

Exodus 23:3

Noah Webster Bible

3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/דָ֕ל לֹ֥א תֶהְדַּ֖ר בְּ/רִיבֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And a poor person shall not be esteemed in his dispute.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 23 Context
1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Focus ↗
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after m... Focus ↗
3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
4 If thou shalt meet thy enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him ag... Focus ↗
5 If thou shalt see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to he... Focus ↗
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. Focus ↗
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not just... Focus ↗
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteo... Focus ↗
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were stranger... Focus ↗
10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: Focus ↗
11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and... Focus ↗
12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thy ox and thy ass may... Focus ↗
13 And in all things that I have said to you be circumspect: and make no mention of the names of other... Focus ↗
14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast to me in the year. Focus ↗
15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I com... Focus ↗
16 And the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou hast sown in the field: and the... Focus ↗
17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the LORD God (Elohim). Focus ↗
18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacr... Focus ↗
19 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which... Focus ↗
20 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for... Focus ↗
21 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy to thy ene... Focus ↗
22 For my Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in to the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Peri... Focus ↗
23 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utte... Focus ↗
24 And ye shall serve the LORD your God (Elohim), and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I wil... Focus ↗
25 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: I will complete the number of thy... Focus ↗
26 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will... Focus ↗
27 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittit... Focus ↗
28 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land should become desolate, and th... Focus ↗
29 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou shalt be increased and inher... Focus ↗
30 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert t... Focus ↗
31 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. Focus ↗
32 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee to sin against me: for if thou shalt serve the... Focus ↗