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Keywords: Widow
Description: Genesis 38:11
NET Translation: Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a Widow in your father’s house until Shelah my son grows up.” For he thought, “I don’t want him to die like his brothers.” So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.
DARBY Translation: And Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a Widow in thy father's house, until Shelah my son is grown; for he said, Lest he die also, as his brethren. And Tamar went and remained in her father's house.
KJV Translation: Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a Widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren [did]. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
Description: Genesis 38:14
NET Translation: So she removed her Widow’s clothes and covered herself with a veil. She wrapped herself and sat at the entrance to Enaim which is on the way to Timnah. (She did this because she saw that she had not been given to Shelah as a wife, even though he had now grown up.)
DARBY Translation: And she put the garments of her Widowhood off from her, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the entry of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as wife.
KJV Translation: And she put her Widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which [is] by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
Keywords: Vail, Garments
Description: Genesis 38:19
NET Translation: She left immediately, removed her veil, and put on her Widow’s clothes.
DARBY Translation: And she arose and went away; and she laid by her veil from her, and put on the garments of her Widowhood.
KJV Translation: And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her Widowhood.
Keywords: Widow, Fatherless
Description: Exodus 22:22
NET Translation: “You must not afflict any Widow or orphan.
DARBY Translation: Ye shall not afflict any Widow or fatherless child.
KJV Translation: Ye shall not afflict any Widow, or fatherless child.
Description: Exodus 22:24
NET Translation: and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be Widows and your children will be fatherless.
DARBY Translation: and my anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be Widows, and your children fatherless.
KJV Translation: And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be Widows, and your children fatherless.
Keywords: High Priest, Wife, Widow, Divorce, Prostitute, Vrigin
Description: Leviticus 21:14
NET Translation: He must not marry a Widow, a divorced woman, or one profaned by prostitution; he may only take a virgin from his people as a wife,
DARBY Translation: A Widow, or a divorced woman, or a dishonoured one, a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take as wife a virgin from among his peoples.
KJV Translation: A Widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, [or] an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
Description: Leviticus 22:13
NET Translation: but if a priest’s daughter is a Widow or divorced, and she has no children so that she returns to live in her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat from her father’s food, but no lay person may eat it.
DARBY Translation: But a priest's daughter that becometh a Widow, or is divorced, and hath no seed, and returneth unto her father's house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father's food; but no stranger shall eat thereof.
KJV Translation: But if the priest's daughter be a Widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
Description: Numbers 30:9
NET Translation: “But every vow of a Widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact.
DARBY Translation: But the vow of a Widow, and of her that is divorced, everything wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand against her.
KJV Translation: But every vow of a Widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
Keywords: Fatherless, Widow
Description: Deuteronomy 10:18
NET Translation: who justly treats the orphan and Widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.
DARBY Translation: who executeth the judgment of the fatherless and the Widow, and loveth the stranger, to give him food and clothing.
KJV Translation: He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and Widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Description: Deuteronomy 14:29
NET Translation: Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the Widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work you do.
DARBY Translation: and the Levite for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the Widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.
KJV Translation: And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the Widow, which [are] within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Description: Deuteronomy 16:11
NET Translation: You shall rejoice before him—you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the Widows among you—in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.
DARBY Translation: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite that is in thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the Widow that are in thy midst in the place that Jehovah thy God will choose to cause his name to dwell there.
KJV Translation: And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the Widow, that [are] among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
Description: Deuteronomy 16:14
NET Translation: You are to rejoice in your festival, you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the Widows who are in your villages.
DARBY Translation: And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the Widow, that are in thy gates.
KJV Translation: And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the Widow, that [are] within thy gates.
Description: Deuteronomy 24:17
NET Translation: You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a Widow’s garment as security for a loan.
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [or] of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge a Widow's garment.
KJV Translation: Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a Widow's raiment to pledge:
Description: Deuteronomy 24:19
NET Translation: Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and Widow so that the Lord your God may bless all the work you do.
DARBY Translation: When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and forgettest a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not return to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the Widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.
KJV Translation: When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the Widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
Description: Deuteronomy 24:20
NET Translation: When you beat your olive tree you must not repeat the procedure; the remaining olives belong to the resident foreigner, orphan, and Widow.
DARBY Translation: When thou shakest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the Widow.
KJV Translation: When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the Widow.
Description: Deuteronomy 24:21
NET Translation: When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and Widow.
DARBY Translation: When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterwards; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the Widow.
KJV Translation: When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean [it] afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the Widow.
Keywords: Gate
Description: Deuteronomy 25:7
NET Translation: But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s Widow, then she must go to the elders at the town gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel; he is unwilling to perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me!”
DARBY Translation: But if the man like not to take his brother's wife, his brother's wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel: he will not perform for me the duty of a husband's brother.
KJV Translation: And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
Keywords: Third
Description: Deuteronomy 26:12
NET Translation: When you finish tithing all your income in the third year (the year of tithing), you must give it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the Widows so that they may eat to their satisfaction in your villages.
DARBY Translation: When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thy produce in the third year, the year of tithing, thou shalt give it to the Levite, to the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the Widow, that they may eat in thy gates, and be filled;
KJV Translation: When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, [which is] the year of tithing, and hast given [it] unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the Widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
Verse Intro: Offering the Third-Year Tithe
Description: Deuteronomy 26:13
NET Translation: Then you shall say before the Lord your God, “I have removed the sacred offering from my house and given it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the Widows just as you have commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten your commandments.
DARBY Translation: and thou shalt say before Jehovah thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of the house, and also have given them to the Levite, and to the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the Widow, according to all thy commandment which thou hast commanded me; I have not transgressed nor forgotten [any] of thy commandments:
KJV Translation: Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of [mine] house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the Widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten [them]:
Description: Deuteronomy 27:19
NET Translation: ‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the Widow.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
DARBY Translation: Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and Widow! And all the people shall say, Amen.
KJV Translation: Cursed [be] he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and Widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Description: Ruth 1:3
NET Translation: Sometime later Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, so she and her two sons were left alone.
DARBY Translation: And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
KJV Translation: And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
Verse Intro: Naomi Widowed
Keywords: Abigail, David, Man
Description: 1 Samuel 27:3
NET Translation: David settled with Achish in Gath, along with his men and their families. David had with him his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal’s Widow.
DARBY Translation: And David abode with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household; David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
KJV Translation: And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, [even] David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
Keywords: Abigail, Wife, Wives
Description: 1 Samuel 30:5
NET Translation: David’s two wives had been taken captive—Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal’s Widow.
DARBY Translation: And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
KJV Translation: And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
Keywords: Abigail, Ai, King, Son, Wife
Description: 2 Samuel 3:3
NET Translation: His second son was Kileab, born to Abigail the Widow of Nabal the Carmelite. His third son was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur.
DARBY Translation: and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maachah, daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
KJV Translation: And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
Keywords: King, Widow
Description: 2 Samuel 14:5
NET Translation: The king replied to her, “What do you want?” She answered, “I am a Widow; my husband is dead.
DARBY Translation: And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, I am indeed a Widow woman, and my husband is dead.
KJV Translation: And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I [am] indeed a Widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
Keywords: David, King, Women
Description: 2 Samuel 20:3
NET Translation: Then David went to his palace in Jerusalem. The king took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace and placed them under confinement. Though he provided for their needs, he did not sleep with them. They remained under restriction until the day they died, living out the rest of their lives as Widows.
DARBY Translation: And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women, concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in a house of confinement and maintained them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in Widowhood.
KJV Translation: And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women [his] concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in Widowhood.
Keywords: Cunning, King, Man, Son, Work
Description: 1 Kings 7:14
NET Translation: He was the son of a Widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.
DARBY Translation: He was a Widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was full of wisdom and understanding and knowledge, to do all kinds of works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and made all his work.
KJV Translation: He [was] a Widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
Keywords: Hand, Jeroboam, Name, Son, Widow
Description: 1 Kings 11:26
NET Translation: Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s servants, rebelled against the king. He was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a Widow named Zeruah.
DARBY Translation: And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zeredah, Solomon's servant (whose mother's name was Zeruah, a Widow woman), even he lifted up his hand against the king.
KJV Translation: And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name [was] Zeruah, a Widow woman, even he lifted up [his] hand against the king.
Keywords: Man, Widow
Description: 1 Kings 17:9
NET Translation: “Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a Widow who lives there to provide for you.”
DARBY Translation: Arise, go to Zarephath, which is by Zidon, and abide there: behold, I have commanded a Widow woman there to maintain thee.
KJV Translation: Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a Widow woman there to sustain thee.
Keywords: Called, Gate, Man, Pray, Rose, Water, Widow
Description: 1 Kings 17:10
NET Translation: So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a Widow gathering wood. He called out to her, “Please give me a little water in a cup, so I can take a drink.”
DARBY Translation: And he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the entrance of the city, behold, a Widow woman was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
KJV Translation: So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the Widow woman [was] there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
Keywords: Evil, Widow
Description: 1 Kings 17:20
NET Translation: Then he called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this Widow I am staying with by killing her son?”
DARBY Translation: And he cried to Jehovah and said, Jehovah, my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the Widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
KJV Translation: And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the Widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
Keywords: Dead, Wife
Description: 1 Chronicles 2:24
NET Translation: After Hezron’s death, Caleb slept with Ephrath, his father Hezron’s Widow, and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
DARBY Translation: And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, Abijah, Hezron's wife, bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
KJV Translation: And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
Keywords: Fatherless
Description: Job 22:9
NET Translation: you sent Widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.
DARBY Translation: Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
KJV Translation: Thou hast sent Widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Keywords: Ass, Ox
Description: Job 24:3
NET Translation: They drive away the orphan’s donkey; they take the Widow’s ox as a pledge.
DARBY Translation: They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the Widow's ox for a pledge;
KJV Translation: They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the Widow's ox for a pledge.
Keywords: Evil
Description: Job 24:21
NET Translation: He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the Widow well.
DARBY Translation: He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the Widow:
KJV Translation: He evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the Widow.
Keywords: Buried
Description: Job 27:15
NET Translation: Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their Widows do not mourn for them.
DARBY Translation: Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his Widows shall not weep.
KJV Translation: Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his Widows shall not weep.
Keywords: Art, Heart, Perish, Sing
Description: Job 29:13
NET Translation: the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the Widow’s heart rejoice;
DARBY Translation: The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the Widow's heart to sing for joy.
KJV Translation: The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the Widow's heart to sing for joy.
Keywords: Poor, Widow
Description: Job 31:16
NET Translation: If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the Widow to fail,
DARBY Translation: If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or caused the eyes of the Widow to fail;
KJV Translation: If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the Widow to fail;
Keywords: Youth
Description: Job 31:18
NET Translation: but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the Widow—
DARBY Translation: (For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the [Widow] from my mother's womb;)
KJV Translation: (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
Keywords: God, Judge
Description: Psalms 68:5
NET Translation: He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for Widows. God rules from his holy dwelling place.
DARBY Translation: A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the Widows, is God in his holy habitation.
KJV Translation: A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the Widows, [is] God in his holy habitation.
Description: Psalms 78:64
NET Translation: Their priests fell by the sword, but their Widows did not weep.
DARBY Translation: Their priests fell by the sword, and their Widows made no lamentation.
KJV Translation: Their priests fell by the sword; and their Widows made no lamentation.
Keywords: Murder, Widow
Description: Psalms 94:6
NET Translation: They kill the Widow and the resident foreigner, and they murder the fatherless.
DARBY Translation: They slay the Widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
KJV Translation: They slay the Widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Keywords: Children, Wife
Description: Psalms 109:9
NET Translation: May his children be fatherless, and his wife a Widow.
DARBY Translation: Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a Widow;
KJV Translation: Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a Widow.
Keywords: Fatherless, Wicked
Description: Psalms 146:9
NET Translation: The Lord protects the resident foreigner. He lifts up the fatherless and the Widow, but he opposes the wicked.
DARBY Translation: Jehovah preserveth the strangers; he lifteth up the fatherless and the Widow; but the way of the wicked doth he subvert.
KJV Translation: The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and Widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Description: Proverbs 15:25
NET Translation: The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he maintains the boundaries of the Widow.
DARBY Translation: Jehovah plucketh up the house of the proud; but he establisheth the boundary of the Widow.
KJV Translation: The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the Widow.
Keywords: Judge, Seek
Description: Isaiah 1:17
NET Translation: Learn to do what is right. Promote justice. Give the oppressed reason to celebrate. Take up the cause of the orphan. Defend the rights of the Widow.
DARBY Translation: learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the Widow.
KJV Translation: Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the Widow.
Keywords: Judge, Widow
Description: Isaiah 1:23
NET Translation: Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the Widow.
DARBY Translation: thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the Widow cometh not unto them.
KJV Translation: Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the Widow come unto them.
Keywords: Anger, Fatherless, Hand, Joy, Mercy
Description: Isaiah 9:17
NET Translation: So the Lord was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and Widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.
DARBY Translation: Therefore the Lord will not rejoice in their young men, neither will he have mercy on their fatherless and on their Widows; for every one is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
KJV Translation: Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and Widows: for every one [is] an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still.
Keywords: Poor
Description: Isaiah 10:2
NET Translation: to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what Widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.
DARBY Translation: to turn away the poor from judgment, and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people; that Widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
KJV Translation: To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that Widows may be their prey, and [that] they may rob the fatherless!
Keywords: Ear
Description: Isaiah 47:8
NET Translation: So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, who lives securely, who says to herself, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me! I will never have to live as a Widow; I will never lose my children.’
DARBY Translation: And now hear this, thou voluptuous one, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thy heart, It is I, and there is none but me; I shall not sit as a Widow, neither shall I know loss of children:
KJV Translation: Therefore hear now this, [thou that art] given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me; I shall not sit [as] a Widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
Keywords: Perfection
Description: Isaiah 47:9
NET Translation: Both of these will come upon you suddenly, in one day! You will lose your children and be Widowed. You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, despite your many incantations and your numerous amulets.
DARBY Translation: yet these two things shall come upon thee in a moment, in one day, loss of children and Widowhood; they shall come upon thee in full measure for the multitude of thy sorceries, for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
KJV Translation: But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and Widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
Keywords: Ear, Fear, Forget, Halt, Remember, Reproach, Shame
Description: Isaiah 54:4
NET Translation: Don’t be afraid, for you will not be put to shame. Don’t be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth; you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment.
DARBY Translation: Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy Widowhood any more.
KJV Translation: Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy Widowhood any more.
Keywords: Blood
Description: Jeremiah 7:6
NET Translation: Stop oppressing resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.
DARBY Translation: [if] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the Widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt;
KJV Translation: [If] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the Widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
Keywords: Mother
Description: Jeremiah 15:8
NET Translation: Their Widows will become in my sight more numerous than the grains of sand on the seashores. At noontime I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of their young men. I will cause anguish and terror to fall suddenly upon them.
DARBY Translation: Their Widows are increased to me more than the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them, against the mother of the young men, a spoiler at noonday; I have caused anguish and terror to fall upon her suddenly.
KJV Translation: Their Widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused [him] to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
Keywords: Children, Deliver, Sword, Wives
Description: Jeremiah 18:21
NET Translation: So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.
DARBY Translation: Therefore give up their children to the famine, and deliver them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of children and be Widows; and let their men be swept off by death, their young men be smitten by the sword in battle.
KJV Translation: Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their [blood] by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and [be] Widows; and let their men be put to death; [let] their young men [be] slain by the sword in battle.
Keywords: Blood, Deliver, Hand, Judgment
Description: Jeremiah 22:3
NET Translation: The Lord says, “Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or Widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.
DARBY Translation: Thus saith Jehovah: Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor; and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the Widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place.
KJV Translation: Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the Widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Keywords: Fatherless, Trust
Description: Jeremiah 49:11
NET Translation: Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive. Your Widows, too, can depend on me.”
DARBY Translation: Leave thine orphans, I will preserve them alive; and let thy Widows trust in me.
KJV Translation: Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve [them] alive; and let thy Widows trust in me.
Description: Lamentations 1:1
NET Translation: א (Alef). Alas! The city once full of people now sits all alone! The prominent lady among the nations has become a Widow! The princess who once ruled the provinces has become a forced laborer!
DARBY Translation: How doth the city sit solitary [that] was full of people! She that was great among the nations is become as a Widow; the princess among the provinces is become tributary!
KJV Translation: How doth the city sit solitary, [that was] full of people! [how] is she become as a Widow! she [that was] great among the nations, [and] princess among the provinces, [how] is she become tributary!
Description: Lamentations 5:3
NET Translation: We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become Widows.
DARBY Translation: We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as Widows.
KJV Translation: We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as Widows.
Keywords: Fatherless, Light, Oppression
Description: Ezekiel 22:7
NET Translation: They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the Widow within you.
DARBY Translation: In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the Widow.
KJV Translation: In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the Widow.
Keywords: Conspiracy, Lion, Precious, Treasure
Description: Ezekiel 22:25
NET Translation: Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women Widows within it.
DARBY Translation: There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they devour souls; they take away treasure and precious things; they increase her Widows in the midst of her;
KJV Translation: [There is] a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many Widows in the midst thereof.
Keywords: Priest, Seed, Widow, Wives
Description: Ezekiel 44:22
NET Translation: They must not marry a Widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel or a Widow who is a priest’s Widow.
DARBY Translation: And they shall not take for their wives a Widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a Widow that is the Widow of a priest.
KJV Translation: Neither shall they take for their wives a Widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a Widow that had a priest before.
Keywords: Children, Glory, Women
Description: Micah 2:9
NET Translation: You wrongly evict Widows among my people from their cherished homes. You defraud their children of their prized inheritance.
DARBY Translation: The women of my people do ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children do ye take away my magnificence for ever.
KJV Translation: The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
Keywords: Evil
Description: Zechariah 7:10
NET Translation: You must not oppress the Widow, the orphan, the resident foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow citizen.’
DARBY Translation: and oppress not the Widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
KJV Translation: And oppress not the Widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Keywords: Anger, Ear, False, Fear, Stranger, Witness
Description: Malachi 3:5
NET Translation: “I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination; those who commit adultery; those who break promises; and those who exploit workers, Widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the resident foreigner and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
DARBY Translation: And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hired servant in [his] wages, the Widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
KJV Translation: And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the Widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Keywords: Man, Moses, Seed
Description: Matthew 22:24
NET Translation: “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the Widow and father children for his brother.’
DARBY Translation: saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any one die, not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and shall raise up seed to his brother.
KJV Translation: Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Keywords: Scribes, Woe
Description: Matthew 23:14
NET Translation: ***Verse not present in NET Bible translation***
DARBY Translation: ***Verse not present in Darby Bible translation***
KJV Translation: “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour Widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.”
Keywords: Hind, Moses, Seed, Wife
Description: Mark 12:19
NET Translation: “Teacher, Moses wrote for us: ‘If a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man must marry the Widow and father children for his brother.’
DARBY Translation: Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if any one's brother die, and leave a wife behind, and leave no children, that his brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.
KJV Translation: Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave [his] wife [behind him], and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Description: Mark 12:40
NET Translation: They devour Widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment.”
DARBY Translation: who devour the houses of Widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.
KJV Translation: “Which devour Widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.”
Keywords: Poor
Description: Mark 12:42
NET Translation: And a poor Widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.
DARBY Translation: And a poor Widow came and cast in two mites, which is a farthing.
KJV Translation: And there came a certain poor Widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
Keywords: Called, Poor, Widow
Description: Mark 12:43
NET Translation: He called his disciples and said to them, “I tell you the truth, this poor Widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.
DARBY Translation: And having called his disciples to [him] he said to them, Verily I say unto you, This poor Widow has cast in more than all who have cast into the treasury:
KJV Translation: And he called [unto him] his disciples, and saith unto them, “Verily I say unto you, That this poor Widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:”
Keywords: Night, Widow
Description: Luke 2:37
NET Translation: She had lived as a Widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
DARBY Translation: and herself a Widow up to eighty-four years; who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers;
KJV Translation: And she [was] a Widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served [God] with fastings and prayers night and day.
Keywords: Famine, Heaven, Israel, Years
Description: Luke 4:25
NET Translation: But in truth I tell you, there were many Widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up three and a half years, and there was a great famine over all the land.
DARBY Translation: But of a truth I say to you, There were many Widows in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, so that a great famine came upon all the land,
KJV Translation: “But I tell you of a truth, many Widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;”
Keywords: Save
Description: Luke 4:26
NET Translation: Yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a Widow at Zarephath in Sidon.
DARBY Translation: and to none of them was Elias sent but to Sarepta of Sidonia, to a woman [that was] a Widow.
KJV Translation: “But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta,” [a city] “of Sidon, unto a woman” [that was] “a Widow.”
Keywords: Dead, Gate, Man, Son
Description: Luke 7:12
NET Translation: As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a Widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.
DARBY Translation: And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a Widow, and a very considerable crowd of the city [was] with her.
KJV Translation: Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a Widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Keywords: Widow
Description: Luke 18:3
NET Translation: There was also a Widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
DARBY Translation: and there was a Widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adverse party.
KJV Translation: “And there was a Widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.”
Keywords: Widow
Description: Luke 18:5
NET Translation: yet because this Widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’”
DARBY Translation: at any rate because this Widow annoys me I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me.
KJV Translation: “Yet because this Widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.”
Keywords: Moses, Seed
Description: Luke 20:28
NET Translation: They asked him, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the Widow and father children for his brother.
DARBY Translation: demanded of him saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother, who has a wife, die, and he die childless, his brother shall take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.
KJV Translation: Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Description: Luke 20:47
NET Translation: They devour Widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment.”
DARBY Translation: who devour the houses of Widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.
KJV Translation: “Which devour Widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.”
Keywords: Poor, Widow
Description: Luke 21:2
NET Translation: He also saw a poor Widow put in two small copper coins.
DARBY Translation: but he saw also a certain poor Widow casting therein two mites.
KJV Translation: And he saw also a certain poor Widow casting in thither two mites.
Keywords: Poor, Ruth, Truth, Widow
Description: Luke 21:3
NET Translation: He said, “I tell you the truth, this poor Widow has put in more than all of them.
DARBY Translation: And he said, Verily I say unto you, that this poor Widow has cast in more than all;
KJV Translation: And he said, “Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor Widow hath cast in more than they all:”
Keywords: Murmuring, Rose
Description: Acts 6:1
NET Translation: Now in those days, when the disciples were growing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Hebraic Jews, because their Widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
DARBY Translation: But in those days, the disciples multiplying in number, there arose a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their Widows were overlooked in the daily ministration.
KJV Translation: And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their Widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
Keywords: Peter, Rose
Description: Acts 9:39
NET Translation: So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the Widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
DARBY Translation: And Peter rising up went with them, whom, when arrived, they brought up into the upper chamber; and all the Widows stood by him weeping and shewing him the body-coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
KJV Translation: Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the Widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
Keywords: Called, Saints
Description: Acts 9:41
NET Translation: He gave her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called the saints and Widows and presented her alive.
DARBY Translation: And having given her [his] hand, he raised her up, and having called the saints and the Widows, presented her living.
KJV Translation: And he gave her [his] hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and Widows, presented her alive.
Description: 1 Corinthians 7:8
NET Translation: To the unmarried and Widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.
DARBY Translation: But I say to the unmarried and to the Widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.
KJV Translation: I say therefore to the unmarried and Widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
Description: 1 Timothy 5:3
NET Translation: Honor Widows who are truly in need.
DARBY Translation: Honour Widows who are really Widows;
KJV Translation: Honour Widows that are Widows indeed.
Keywords: Children, Table, Widow
Description: 1 Timothy 5:4
NET Translation: But if a Widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.
DARBY Translation: but if any Widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to [their] parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
KJV Translation: But if any Widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
Keywords: Night, Widow
Description: 1 Timothy 5:5
NET Translation: But the Widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.
DARBY Translation: Now she who [is] a Widow indeed, and is left alone, has put [her] hope in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
KJV Translation: Now she that is a Widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
Keywords: Widow, Wife, Years
Description: 1 Timothy 5:9
NET Translation: No Widow should be put on the list unless she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband,
DARBY Translation: Let a Widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, [having been] wife of one man,
KJV Translation: Let not a Widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
Keywords: Wanton, Wax
Description: 1 Timothy 5:11
NET Translation: But do not accept younger Widows on the list, because their passions may lead them away from Christ and they will desire to marry,
DARBY Translation: But younger Widows decline; for when they grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,
KJV Translation: But the younger Widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
Keywords: Church, Man
Description: 1 Timothy 5:16
NET Translation: If a believing woman has Widows in her family, let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the Widows who are truly in need.
DARBY Translation: If any believing man or woman have Widows, let them impart relief to them, and let not the assembly be charged, that it may impart relief to those [that are] Widows indeed.
KJV Translation: If any man or woman that believeth have Widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are Widows indeed.
Keywords: Fatherless, God, Pure
Description: James 1:27
NET Translation: Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and Widows in their adversity and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
DARBY Translation: Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and Widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
KJV Translation: Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and Widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Description: Revelation 18:7
NET Translation: As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, ‘I rule as queen and am no Widow; I will never experience grief!’
DARBY Translation: So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a Widow; and I shall in no wise see grief:
KJV Translation: How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no Widow, and shall see no sorrow.