Exodus 22:21

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Exodus 22:21


← Exodus 22:20 Exodus 22:21 (KJV) Exodus 22:22 →
He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt neither vexH3238 a strangerH1616, nor oppressH3905 him: for ye were strangersH1616 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714.


Original Hebrew

וְגֵר לֹא־תֹונֶה וְלֹא תִלְחָצֶנּוּ כִּי־גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וְ/גֵ֥ר
ve./Ger H1616 HC/Ncmsa and/ a sojourner
לֹא
lo'- H3808 HTn not
תוֹנֶ֖ה
to.Neh H3238 HVhi2ms you must maltreat
וְ/לֹ֣א
ve./Lo' H3808 HC/Tn and/ not
תִלְחָצֶ֑/נּוּ
til.cha.Tze./nu H3905 HVqi2ms/Sp3ms you must oppress/ him
כִּֽי
ki- H3588 HC for
גֵרִ֥ים
ge.Rim H1616 HNcmpa sojourners
הֱיִיתֶ֖ם
he.yi.Tem H1961 HVqp2mp you were
בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ
be./'E.retz H776 HR/Ncbsc in/ (the) land of
מִצְרָֽיִם
mitz.Ra.yim H4714 HNp Egypt
Strong's References
  • H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  • H1616 — גֵּר (gêr, gare): or (fully) geyr (gare); from גּוּר (gûwr) H1481; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner; alien, sojourner, stranger.
  • H3238 — יָנָה (yânâh, yaw-naw'): a primitive root; to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat; destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.
  • H3905 — לָחַץ (lâchats, law-khats'): a primitive root; properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress; afflict, crush, force, hold fast, oppress(-or), thrust self.
  • H4714 — מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim): dual of מָצוֹר (mâtsôwr) H4693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא (hâvâʼ) H1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
  • H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
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