Psalm 94:6
New International Version
They slay the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

New Living Translation
They kill widows and foreigners and murder orphans.

English Standard Version
They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless;

Berean Standard Bible
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

King James Bible
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

New King James Version
They slay the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless.

New American Standard Bible
They kill the widow and the stranger And murder the orphans.

NASB 1995
They slay the widow and the stranger And murder the orphans.

NASB 1977
They slay the widow and the stranger, And murder the orphans.

Legacy Standard Bible
They slay the widow and the sojourner And murder the orphans.

Amplified Bible
They kill the widow and the alien And murder the fatherless.

Christian Standard Bible
They kill the widow and the resident alien and murder the fatherless.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They kill the widow and the foreigner and murder the fatherless.

American Standard Version
They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They have killed widows and inhabitants and they have ravaged orphans.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.

Contemporary English Version
They murder widows, foreigners, and orphans.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.

English Revised Version
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They kill widows and foreigners, and they murder orphans.

Good News Translation
They kill widows and orphans, and murder the strangers who live in our land.

International Standard Version
The wicked kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans.

JPS Tanakh 1917
They slay the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless.

Literal Standard Version
They slay widow and sojourner, | And they murder fatherless ones.

Majority Standard Bible
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

New American Bible
They kill the widow and alien; the orphan they murder.

NET Bible
They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless.

New Revised Standard Version
They kill the widow and the stranger, they murder the orphan,

New Heart English Bible
They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.

Webster's Bible Translation
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

World English Bible
They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.

Young's Literal Translation
Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.

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Context
The LORD Will Not Forget His People
5They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage. 6They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless. 7They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:29
Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.

Psalm 10:8
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.

Psalm 109:16
For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

Isaiah 10:2
to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.


Treasury of Scripture

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

Isaiah 10:2
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

Isaiah 13:15-18
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword…

Jeremiah 7:6
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

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Psalm 94
1. The prophet, calling for justice, complains of tyranny and impiety.
8. He teaches God's providence
12. He shows the blessedness of affliction
16. God is the defender of the afflicted.














(6) Stranger.--The mention of the stranger as one friendless and helpless (Exodus 22:21), under the tyranny of the great, seems to imply that domestic, and not foreign oppression, is the grievance.

Verse 6. - They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless (comp. Isaiah 1:17-23; Isaiah 10:2; Ezekiel 22:6-9; Malachi 3:5; also Psalm 10:8-10).

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Hebrew
They kill
יַהֲרֹ֑גוּ (ya·hă·rō·ḡū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent

the widow
אַ֭לְמָנָה (’al·mā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 490: A widow, a desolate place

and the foreigner;
וְגֵ֣ר (wə·ḡêr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner

they murder
יְרַצֵּֽחוּ׃ (yə·raṣ·ṣê·ḥū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7523: To dash in pieces, kill, to murder

the fatherless.
וִֽיתוֹמִ֣ים (wî·ṯō·w·mîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3490: A bereaved person


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