Exodus 22:22

widow, or fatherless. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, put for all kinds of helpless ones.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Afflict - A word including all cold and contemptuous treatment. See Deuteronomy 10:18 . Contrast the blessing, Deuteronomy 14:29 .
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 22:18-31 E. Various Ordinances. From this point up to Exodus 23:9 we have to do with miscellaneous laws, differing in the main both in...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child - It is remarkable that offenses against thi...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ye shall not afflict any widow, &c.— The humanity of the Divine law is always discernible: none are so helpless and pitiable, as widows and orp...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(21-24) The juxtaposition of laws against oppression with three crimes of the deepest dye seems intended to indicate that oppression is among the sin...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How precious these tokens of divine love to peculiar situations. Proverbs 22:22-23 ; Psalms 12:5 .
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. Ver. 22. Or fatherless child. ] With God "the fatherless findeth mercy." Hos 14:3 Widows and...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye shall not afflict the widow, or fatherless child That is, ye shall comfort and assist them, and be ready upon all occasions to show them kindnes...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly r...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Expansion of the Ten Words of the Covenant ( Exodus 20:22 to Exodus 23:33 ). In this section, which is composed of elements put together mainly...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. God’s care for the widow and fatherless I. That widows and orphans have claims upon our re...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Regarding Various Social Relations
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. To humble widows and orphans by acts of unkindness is to challenge the Lord, who is the special P...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye shall not afflict the widow or fatherless child — That is, ye shall comfort and assist them, and be ready upon all occasions to shew them kindne...

²² Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

Related Commentaries of Exodus 22:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Exodus 22:22