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Proverbs 22:23

NETBible	for the Lord will plead their case¹ and will rob those who are robbing² them.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 22:23	for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 22:23	For the LORD will plead their case And take the life of those who rob them.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 22:23	For the LORD is their defender. He will injure anyone who injures them.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 22:23	Because GOD will come to their defense; the life you took, he'll take from you and give back to them.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 22:23	For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 22:23	for the LORD pleads their cause and despoils of life those who despoil them.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 22:23	For the LORD will plead their cause, And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
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KJV	For the LORD <03068> will plead <07378> (8799) their cause <07379>_, and spoil <06906> (8804) the soul <05315> of those that spoiled <06906> (8802) them.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 22:23	For the LORD <03068> will plead <07378> their case <07379> And take <06906> the life <05315> of those who rob <06906> them.
LXXM	o <3588> T-NSM gar <1063> PRT kuriov <2962> N-NSM krinei <2919> V-FAI-3S autou <846> D-GSM thn <3588> T-ASF krisin <2920> N-ASF kai <2532> CONJ rush {V-FMI-2S} shn <4674> A-ASF asulon {A-ASF} quchn <5590> N-ASF
NET [draft] ITL	for <03588> the Lord <03069> will plead <07378> their case <07379> and will rob <06906> those who are robbing <06906> them.
HEBREW	spn <05315> Mhyebq <06906> ta <0853> ebqw <06906> Mbyr <07379> byry <07378> hwhy <03069> yk (22:23) <03588>

NETBible

for the Lord will plead their case¹ and will rob those who are robbing² them.

NET Notes

¹tn The construction uses the verb יָרִיב (yariv) with its cognate accusative. It can mean “to strive,” but here it probably means “to argue a case, plead a case” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV). How the Lord will do this is not specified – either through righteous people or by direct intervention.

²tn The verb קָבַע (qava’, “to rob; to spoil; to plunder”) is used here in both places to reflect the principle of talionic justice. What the oppressors did to the poor will be turned back on them by the Lord.