Proverbs 22:23

NET ©

for the Lord will plead their case 1  and will rob those who are robbing 2  them.

NIV ©

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

NASB ©

For the LORD will plead their case And take the life of those who rob them.

NLT ©

For the LORD is their defender. He will injure anyone who injures them.

MSG ©

Because GOD will come to their defense; the life you took, he'll take from you and give back to them.

BBE ©

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

NRSV ©

for the LORD pleads their cause and despoils of life those who despoil them.

NKJV ©

For the LORD will plead their cause, And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

KJV
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and spoil
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the soul
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of those that spoiled
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HEBREW
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T-NSM
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PRT
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N-NSM
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D-GSM
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T-ASF
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N-ASF
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CONJ
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A-ASF
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A-ASF
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N-ASF
NET © [draft] ITL
for
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the Lord
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will plead
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their case
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and will rob those who are robbing
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them
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NET © Notes

1 tn The construction uses the verb יָרִיב (yariv) with its cognate accusative. It can mean “to strive,” but here it probably means “to argue a case, plead a case” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV). How the Lord will do this is not specified – either through righteous people or by direct intervention.

2 tn The verb קָבַע (qava’, “to rob; to spoil; to plunder”) is used here in both places to reflect the principle of talionic justice. What the oppressors did to the poor will be turned back on them by the Lord.