If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

If you hurt them they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry:

If thou afflict him in any way, if he cry at all unto me, I will certainly hear his cry;

if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;

If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;

If thou afflict them in any wise-for if they cry at all unto Me, I will surely hear their cry-

If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry.

Si affligendo afflixeritis eum, certe si clamando clamaverit ad me, audiendo audiam clamorem ejus:

If thou afflict them in any wise,..... In any way, or by any means whatever; their minds, by reproaches, censures, insults, and their bodies by stripes, false imprisonment, &c. and in their substance, by withholding from them what belongs to them, taking what they have, or cheating and defrauding them in any respect; or, "in afflicting afflict them" (e); afflict them much, and continue to do so:
and they cry at all unto me; in prayer, as the Targum of Jonathan; or, "in crying cry" (f); cry vehemently, or importunately, and with constancy, or rather, cry ever so little:
I will surely hear their cry; the voice of their prayer, as the same Targum; or, "in hearing I will hear" (g); will certainly take notice of their cries, and return an answer to them, by appearing on their side, and avenging their injuries; for God is the Father of the fatherless, and the husband of the widow, and the Judge of them both: the manner of speaking or form of expression is the same in all these clauses, the words being doubled.
(e) "affligendo afflixeris", Pagninus, Piscator, Ainsworth, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius. (f) "clamando clamaverit", Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Ainsworth. (g) "audiendo audiam", Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Ainsworth.