Exodus 23:3

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Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:	Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.	If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Neither shalt thou countenance^H1921 a poor^H1800 man in his cause^H7379.

Original Hebrew

וְדָל לֹא תֶהְדַּר בְּרִיבֹו׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/דָ֕ל	ve./Dal	H1800	HC/Aamsa	and/ a poor (person)
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
תֶהְדַּ֖ר	teh.Dar	H1921	HVqi2ms	you must show partiality
בְּ/רִיבֽ/וֹ	be./ri.V/o	H7379	HR/Ncbsc/Sp3ms	in/ case at law/ his

Strong's References

H1800 — דַּל (dal, dal): from דָּלַל (dâlal) H1809; properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin; lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
H1921 — הָדַר (hâdar, haw-dar'): a primitive root; to swell up (literally or figuratively, active or passive); by implication, to favor or honour, be high or proud; countenance, crooked place, glorious, honour, put forth.
H7379 — רִיב (rîyb, reeb): or רִב (rib); from רִיב (rîyb) H7378; a contest (personal or legal); [phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.

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

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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