Isaiah 1:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”

Isaiah 1:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Isaiah 1:17 in 6 Bible Translations

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Isaiah 1:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.””

Isaiah 1:17 — World English Bible

Isaiah 1:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”

Isaiah 1:17 — American Standard Version

Isaiah 1:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive <FI>for<Fi> the widow.”

Isaiah 1:17 — Young's Literal Translation

Isaiah 1:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow.”

Isaiah 1:17 — Darby Translation

Isaiah 1:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Learne to doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe.”

Isaiah 1:17 — Geneva Bible

Isaiah 1:17 in Context — Isaiah 1

15 Quand vous étendez vos mains, je détourne de vous mes yeux; Quand vous multipliez les prières, je n’écoute pas: Vos mains sont pleines de sang.

16 Lavez-vous, purifiez-vous, Otez de devant mes yeux la méchanceté de vos actions; Cessez de faire le mal.

17 Apprenez à faire le bien, recherchez la justice, Protégez l’opprimé; Faites droit à l’orphelin, Défendez la veuve.

18 Venez et plaidons! Dit l’Éternel. Si vos péchés sont comme le cramoisi, ils deviendront blancs comme la neige; S’ils sont rouges comme la pourpre, ils deviendront comme la laine.

19 Si vous avez de la bonne volonté et si vous êtes dociles, Vous mangerez les meilleures productions du pays;

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What Does Isaiah 1:17 Mean?

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