Zechariah 7:10

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Don't oppress widows, orphans, foreigners or poor people. Don't plot evil against each other.'

Berean Standard Bible:

Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’

American Standard Version:

and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And oppress{H6231} not the widow{H490}, nor the fatherless{H3490}, the stranger{H1616}, nor the poor{H6041}; and let none of you imagine{H2803} evil{H7451} against{H376} his brother{H251} in your heart{H3824}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Jeremiah 5:28

  • They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Proverbs 22:22

  • ¶ Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Proverbs 22:23

  • For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

Psalms 21:11

  • For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].

1 John 3:15

  • Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

Isaiah 1:23

  • Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Psalms 72:4

  • He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

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Commentary for Zechariah 7:10

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H6231
    There are 35 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָשַׁק
    Transliteration: ʻâshaq
    Pronunciation: aw-shak'
    Description: a primitive root (compare עָשַׂק); to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow; get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), -or), do violence (wrong).
  2. Strong's Number: H490
    There are 303 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אַלְמָנָה
    Transliteration: ʼalmânâh
    Pronunciation: al-maw-naw'
    Description: feminine of אַלְמָן; a widow; also a desolate place; desolate house (palace), widow.
  3. Strong's Number: H3490
    There are 42 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָתוֹם
    Transliteration: yâthôwm
    Pronunciation: yaw-thome'
    Description: from an unused root meaning to be lonely; a bereaved person; fatherless (child), orphan.
  4. Strong's Number: H1616
    There are 83 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גֵּר
    Transliteration: gêr
    Pronunciation: gare
    Description: or (fully) geyr (gare); from גּוּר; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner; alien, sojourner, stranger.
  5. Strong's Number: H6041
    There are 78 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָנִי
    Transliteration: ʻânîy
    Pronunciation: aw-nee'
    Description: from עָנָה; (practically the same as עָנָו, although the margin constantly disputes this, making עָנָו subjective and objective); depressed, in mind or circumstances; afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
  6. Strong's Number: H2803
    There are 122 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָשַׁב
    Transliteration: châshab
    Pronunciation: khaw-shab'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute; (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
  7. Strong's Number: H7451
    There are 623 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רַע
    Transliteration: raʻ
    Pronunciation: rah
    Description: from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
  8. Strong's Number: H376
    There are 1507 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אִישׁ
    Transliteration: ʼîysh
    Pronunciation: eesh
    Description: contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
  9. Strong's Number: H251
    There are 636 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָח
    Transliteration: ʼâch
    Pronunciation: awkh
    Description: a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)); another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
  10. Strong's Number: H3824
    There are 230 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לֵבָב
    Transliteration: lêbâb
    Pronunciation: lay-bawb'
    Description: from לָבַב; used also like לֵב; the heart (as the most interior organ); [phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.