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21 “They harm[a] the childless woman
    and do no good to the widow.(A)

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  1. 24.21 Gk Tg: Heb feed on or associate with

13 The blessing of the wretched came upon me,
    and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.(A)

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Her rival used to provoke her severely, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.(A) So it went on year by year; as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat.

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16 “If I have withheld anything that the poor desired
    or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail(A)
17 or have eaten my morsel alone
    and the orphan has not eaten from it—(B)
18 for from my youth I reared the orphan[a] like a father,
    and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow[b]

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  1. 31.18 Heb him
  2. 31.18 Heb her

They drive away the donkey of the orphan;
    they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.(A)

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You have sent widows away empty-handed,
    and the arms of the orphans you have crushed.[a](A)

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  1. 22.9 Gk Syr Tg Vg: Heb were crushed