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Verse         Translation Text
Ex 22:28 Strong Concordance Thou shalt not revile [07043] the gods [0430], nor curse [0779] the ruler [05387] of thy people [05971].
  King James Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
gods--a word which is several times in this chapter rendered "judges" or magistrates.

the ruler of thy people--and the chief magistrate who was also the high priest, at least in the time of Paul (Act 23:1-5).
 
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1 And [1161] Paul [3972], earnestly beholding [816] the council [4892], said [2036], Men [435] and brethren [80], I [1473] have lived [4176] in all [3956] good [18] conscience [4893] before God [2316] until [891] this [5026] day [2250].
2 And [1161] the high priest [749] Ananias [367] commanded [2004] them that stood by [3936] him [846] to smite [5180] him [846] on the mouth [4750].
3 Then [5119] said [2036] Paul [3972] unto [4314] him [846], God [2316] shall [3195] smite [5180] thee [4571], thou whited [2867] wall [5109]: for [2532] sittest [2521] thou [4771] to judge [2919] me [3165] after [2596] the law [3551], and [2532] commandest [2753] me [3165] to be smitten [5180] contrary to the law [3891]?
4 And [1161] they that stood by [3936] said [2036], Revilest thou [3058] God's [2316] high priest [749]?
5 Then [5037] said [5346] Paul [3972], I wist [1492] not [3756], brethren [80], that [3754] he was [2076] the high priest [749]: for [1063] it is written [1125], Thou shalt [2046] not [3756] speak [2046] evil [2560] of the ruler [758] of thy [4675] people [2992].
5 Then [5037] said [5346] Paul [3972], I wist [1492] not [3756], brethren [80], that [3754] he was [2076] the high priest [749]: for [1063] it is written [1125], Thou shalt [2046] not [3756] speak [2046] evil [2560] of the ruler [758] of thy [4675] people [2992].
1 In the beginning [07225] God [0430] created [01254] [0853] the heaven [08064] and [0853] the earth [0776].
6 Then his master [0113] shall bring [05066] him unto the judges [0430]; he shall also bring [05066] him to the door [01817], or unto the door post [04201]; and his master [0113] shall bore [07527] his ear [0241] through with an aul [04836]; and he shall serve [05647] him for ever [05769].
29 Thou shalt not delay [0309] to offer the first of thy ripe fruits [04395], and of thy liquors [01831]: the firstborn [01060] of thy sons [01121] shalt thou give [05414] unto me.
30 Likewise [03651] shalt thou do [06213] with thine oxen [07794], and with thy sheep [06629]: seven [07651] days [03117] it shall be with his dam [0517]; on the eighth [08066] day [03117] thou shalt give [05414] it me.
31 And ye shall be holy [06944] men [0582] unto me: neither shall ye eat [0398] any flesh [01320] that is torn of beasts [02966] in the field [07704]; ye shall cast [07993] it to the dogs [03611].
22 Ye shall not afflict [06031] any widow [0490], or fatherless child [03490].
23 If [0518] thou afflict [06031] them in any wise [06031], and they cry [06817] at all [06817] unto me, I will surely [08085] hear [08085] their cry [06818];
24 And my wrath [0639] shall wax hot [02734], and I will kill [02026] you with the sword [02719]; and your wives [0802] shall be widows [0490], and your children [01121] fatherless [03490].
25 If thou lend [03867] money [03701] to any of my people [05971] that is poor [06041] by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer [05383], neither shalt thou lay [07760] upon him usury [05392].
26 If thou at all [02254] take [02254] thy neighbour's [07453] raiment [08008] to pledge [02254], thou shalt deliver [07725] it unto him by [05704] that the sun [08121] goeth down [0935]:
27 For that is his covering [03682] only, it is his raiment [08071] for his skin [05785]: wherein shall he sleep [07901]? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth [06817] unto me, that I will hear [08085]; for I am gracious [02587].
11 And the Israelitish [03482] woman's [0802] son [01121] blasphemed [05344] the name [08034] of the LORD, and cursed [07043]. And they brought [0935] him unto Moses [04872]: (and his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Shelomith [08019], the daughter [01323] of Dibri [01704], of the tribe [04294] of Dan [01835]:)
17 Honour [5091] all [3956] men. Love [25] the brotherhood [81]. Fear [5399] God [2316]. Honour [5091] the king [935].
21 My son [01121], fear [03372] thou the LORD [03068] and the king [04428]: and meddle [06148] not with them that are given to change [08138]:
5 Then [5037] said [5346] Paul [3972], I wist [1492] not [3756], brethren [80], that [3754] he was [2076] the high priest [749]: for [1063] it is written [1125], Thou shalt [2046] not [3756] speak [2046] evil [2560] of the ruler [758] of thy [4675] people [2992].