Isaiah 1:23
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

Young's Literal Translation
Thy princes [are] apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
Your rulers
שָׂרַ֣יִךְ (śā·ra·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

are rebels,
סוֹרְרִ֗ים (sō·wr·rîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 5637: To turn away, be refractory

friends
וְחַבְרֵי֙ (wə·ḥaḇ·rê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2270: United, associate, companion

of thieves.
גַּנָּבִ֔ים (gan·nā·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1590: A stealer

They all
כֻּלּוֹ֙ (kul·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

love
אֹהֵ֣ב (’ō·hêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f

bribes
שֹׁ֔חַד (šō·ḥaḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7810: A present, bribe

and chasing after
וְרֹדֵ֖ף (wə·rō·ḏêp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

rewards.
שַׁלְמֹנִ֑ים (šal·mō·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8021: A reward, bribe

They do not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

defend
יִשְׁפֹּ֔טוּ (yiš·pō·ṭū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

the fatherless,
יָתוֹם֙ (yā·ṯō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3490: A bereaved person

and the plea
וְרִ֥יב (wə·rîḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7379: Strife, dispute

of the widow
אַלְמָנָ֖ה (’al·mā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 490: A widow, a desolate place

never
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

comes
יָב֥וֹא (yā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

before them.
אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ (’ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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