| NASB © | Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Definition | Origin | | "You shall not pervert | תַטֶּ֛ה | tat·teh | 5186 | to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend | a prim. root |
| the justice | מִשְׁפַּ֥ט | mish·pat | 4941 | judgment | from shaphat |
| [due] to your needy | אֶבְיֹנְךָ֖ | ev·yo·ne·cha | 34 | in want, needy, poor | from abah |
| [brother] in his dispute. | בְּרִיבֹֽו׃ | be·ri·vov. | 7379 | strife, dispute | from rib |
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KJV Lexicon
Thou shalt not wrest
natah (naw-taw')
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
the judgment
mishpat (mish-pawt')
a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective
of thy poor
'ebyown (eb-yone')
destitute -- beggar, needy, poor (man).
in his cause
riyb (reeb)
a contest (personal or legal) -- adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit. |
