Isaiah 1:17

Isaiah 1:17

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

a. NLT: Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.

b. NIV: Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed.fn Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.

c. YLT: Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive for the widow.

d. Amplified Bible: Learn to do right! Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.

e. Septuagint: learn to do well; diligently seek judgement, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow. 

f. Stone Edition Torah/Writings/Prophets: Learn to do good, seek justice, vindicate the victim, render justice to the orphan, take up the grievance of the widow.

1. “Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed…”

a. learn [3925 * lamad] [Strong: a primitive root; properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive):(un-) accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er, - ing).]

b. to do well [3190 * yatab] [Strong: a primitive root; to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right):--be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, + be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good((-ness)), be (make) merry, please (+ well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, X very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).]

c. seek [1875 * darash] [Strong: a primitive root; properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship:--ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.]

d. judgment [4941 * mishpat] [Strong: from 8199; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style:--+ adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.]

e. relieve [833 * ‘ashar] [Strong: a primitive root; to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper:--(call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.]

f. the oppressed [2541 * chamowts] [Strong: from 2556; properly, violent; by implication, a robber:--oppressed.]

2. “…judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”

a. judge [8199 * shaphat] [Strong: a primitive root; to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively):--+ avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.]

b. the fatherless [3490 * yathowm] [Strong: from an unused root meaning to be lonely; a bereaved person:--fatherless (child), orphan.]

c. plead [7378 * riyb] [Strong: a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend:--adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, X ever, X lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, X thoroughly.]

d. for the widow [490 * ‘almanah] [Strong:  fem of 488; a widow; also a desolate place:--desolate house (palace), widow.]