Proverbs 23:11
כִּֽי ־ גֹאֲלָם חָזָק הֽוּא ־ יָרִיב אֶת ־ רִיבָם אִתָּֽךְ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
In Context
10אַל ־ תַּסֵּג גְּבוּל עוֹלָם וּבִשְׂדֵי יְתוֹמִים אַל ־ תָּבֹֽא ׃
12הָבִיאָה לַמּוּסָר לִבֶּךָ וְאָזְנֶךָ לְאִמְרֵי ־ דָֽעַת ׃
Cross References
Exodus 22:22אִם ־ עַנֵּה תְעַנֶּה אֹתוֹ כִּי אִם ־ צָעֹק יִצְעַק אֵלַי שָׁמֹעַ אֶשְׁמַע צַעֲקָתֽוֹ ׃
Job 19:25וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי גֹּאֲלִי חָי וְאַחֲרוֹן עַל ־ עָפָר יָקֽוּם ׃
Psalms 68:6אֲבִי יְתוֹמִים וְדַיַּן אַלְמָנוֹת אֱלֹהִים בִּמְעוֹן קָדְשֽׁוֹ ׃
Jeremiah 50:33כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת עֲשׁוּקִים בְּנֵי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבְנֵי ־ יְהוּדָה יַחְדָּו וְכָל ־ שֹֽׁבֵיהֶם הֶחֱזִיקוּ בָם מֵאֲנוּ שַׁלְּחָֽם ׃
Jeremiah 51:36לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה הִנְנִי ־ רָב אֶת ־ רִיבֵךְ וְנִקַּמְתִּי אֶת ־ נִקְמָתֵךְ וְהַחֲרַבְתִּי אֶת ־ יַמָּהּ וְהֹבַשְׁתִּי אֶת ־ מְקוֹרָֽהּ ׃
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:11-12
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. Note, 1. The fatherless are taken under God's special protection; with him they not only find mercy shown to them ( Hos. xiv. 3 ) but justice done for them. He is their Redeemer, their Goël, their near kinsman, that will take their part and stand up for them with jealousy, as taking himself affronted in the injuries done to them. As their Redeemer he will plead… Read the whole commentary →