Passage

Exodus 22.21

Book: Exodus · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"19. Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20. He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto Jehovah only, shall be utterly destroyed."

"21. And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt."

"22. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 23. If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;" (Exodus 22:19-23, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"19. “Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death. 20. “He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed."

"21. “You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt."

"22. “You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child. 23. If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;" (Exodus 22:19-23, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"19. Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20. He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed."

"21. Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt."

"22. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 23. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;" (Exodus 22:19-23, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"19. 'Whoever lieth with a beast is certainly put to death. 20. 'He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted."

"21. 'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt."

"22. 'Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict; 23. if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;" (Exodus 22:19-23, YLT)

Setting

Speaker: Moses (traditional)
Audience: Israelite congregation post-Exodus
Location: Egypt → Sinai wilderness
Time period: events c. 1446-1445 BC; composed c. 1446-1406 BC

Theological reading

Key words

No Strong's-tagged lexicon matches found in this passage. (Lexicon coverage is curated, ~159 of the most apologetically-loaded Greek/Hebrew terms.)

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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