Proverbs 22:23
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
For the LORD 
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
will pleadיָרִ֣יב
(ya·riv)
7378: to strive, contenda prim. root
their caseרִיבָ֑ם
(ri·vam;)
7379: strife, disputefrom rib
And takeוְקָבַ֖ע
(ve·ka·va)
6906: perhaps to roba prim. root
the lifeנָֽפֶשׁ׃
(na·fesh.)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
of those who robקֹבְעֵיהֶ֣ם
(ko·ve·'ei·hem)
6906: perhaps to roba prim. root
them. 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
For the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
will plead
riyb  (reeb)
to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
their cause
riyb  (reeb)
a contest (personal or legal) -- adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
and spoil
qaba`  (kaw-bah')
to cover, i.e. (figuratively) defraud -- rob, spoil.
the soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
of those that spoiled
qaba`  (kaw-bah')
to cover, i.e. (figuratively) defraud -- rob, spoil.
them
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For the LORD will plead their case And take the life of those who rob them.

King James Bible
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them.

International Standard Version
for the LORD will plead their case and ruin the lives of those who ruin them.

NET Bible
for the LORD will plead their case and will rob those who are robbing them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because Lord Jehovah decides their judgment and the humiliation of their souls is repaid.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
because the LORD will plead their case and will take the lives of those who rob them.

King James 2000 Bible
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
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