The Boldness of the Righteous
Proverbs 28:3
In 11 translations
- BSB
- A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
- KJV
- A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.which…: Heb. without food
- WEB
- A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
- ASV
- A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
- LSV
- A man—poor and oppressing the weak, || [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
- YLT
- A man — poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
- DBY
- A poor man who oppresseth the helpless is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
- DRC
- A poor man that oppresseth the poor, is like a violent shower, which bringeth a famine.
- GNV
- A poore man, if he oppresse the poore, is like a raging raine, that leaueth no foode.
- JPS
- A poor man that oppresseth the weak is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
- LXXE
- A bold man oppresses the poor by ungodly deeds. As an impetuous and unprofitable rain,
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- גֶּ֣בֶר רָ֭שׁ וְעֹשֵׁ֣ק דַּלִּ֑ים מָטָ֥ר סֹ֝חֵ֗ף וְאֵ֣ין לָֽחֶם׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἀνδρεῖος ἐν ἀσεβείαις συκοφαντεῖ πτωχούς· ὥσπερ ὑετὸς λάβρος καὶ ἀνωφελὴς,
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 18:28–30But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ So his fellow servant fell down and begged…
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