Exodus 22:24
ContextNET © | and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless. 1 |
NIV © | My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless. |
NASB © | and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless. |
NLT © | My anger will blaze forth against you, and I will kill you with the sword. Your wives will become widows, and your children will become fatherless. |
MSG © | I'll show my anger and come raging among you with the sword, and your wives will end up widows and your children orphans. |
BBE © | And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers. |
NRSV © | my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children orphans. |
NKJV © | "and My wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. |
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NET © | and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless. 1 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn The punishment will follow the form of talionic justice, an eye for an eye, in which the punishment matches the crime. God will use invading armies (“sword” is a metonymy of adjunct here) to destroy them, making their wives widows and their children orphans. |