For their Redeemer is strong; he himself will bring their charges against you.
Parallel translations
- WEB for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
- KJV For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
- BSB for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
- NKJV For their Redeemer is mighty; He will plead their cause against you.
- NASB For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you.
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Quick answer
The orphans' Defender is mighty and will take up their case against you.
Overview
God Himself is the strong Redeemer who pleads the cause of the fatherless against those who exploit them. The term used (Redeemer/Defender) is the same word for a kinsman who rescues and avenges. This points forward to Christ, the mighty Redeemer who secures justice and rescue for the helpless (Job 19:25).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Prov 22:23for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
- Job 19:25But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
- Ps 12:5“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
- Deut 27:19‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
- Exod 22:22–24“You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.
- Jer 51:36Therefore Yahweh says: “Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
- Jer 50:33–34Yahweh of Armies says: “The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together. All who took them captive hold them fast. They refuse to let them go.
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