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Psalms 94:6

In Psalms 94 of Psalms.

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

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אַ֭לְמָנָהalmanahdesolate houseאַלְמָנָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “desolate house”, the ordinary formH490a widow; also a desolate placedesolate house (palace), widow.וְגֵ֣רvegerand alienגֵּרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and alien”, the ordinary formH1616properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigneralien, sojourner, stranger.יַהֲרֹ֑גוּyaharogvdestroyהָרַגverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “destroy”, an unfinished actionH2026to smite with deadly intentdestroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.וִֽיתוֹמִ֣יםvitomimand fatherlessיָתוֹםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and fatherless”, the ordinary formH3490a bereaved personfatherless (child), orphan.יְרַצֵּֽחוּyeratsechvmurderרָצַחverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “murder”, an unfinished actionH7523properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murderput to death, kill, (man-) slay(-er), murder(-er).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.

Young’s Literal Translation

Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.

World English Bible

They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Χήραν καὶ ὀρφανὸν ἀπέκτειναν, καὶ προσήλυτον ἐφόνευσαν.

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