¹⁸He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow,^q and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.^r ¹⁹And you are to love^s those who are foreigners,^t for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.^u

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Cross references

q Ex 22:21, 22–24; 23:9; Lev 19:33; Dt 27:19; Job 29:13; Ps 94:6; Isa 10:2; Jer 49:11
rSee Nu 10:32
s Dt 7:12
tSee Ex 22:21; See Dt 24:19
uSee Lev 19:34; Eze 47:22–23

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the resident alien, giving him food and clothing. You are also to love the resident alien, since you were resident aliens in the land of Egypt.

NLTNew Living Translation

He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing. So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he executes justice for the orphan and widow, and he is one who loves the alien, to give to them food and clothing. And you shall love the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

KJV 1900King James Version

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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