He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who esteems Him shows favour to the needy.
Deuteronomy 24:14 - The Scriptures 2009 “Do not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, of your brothers or of your strangers who are in your land within your gates. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall not oppress or extort from a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is of your brethren or of your strangers and sojourners who are in your land inside your towns. American Standard Version (1901) Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates: Common English Bible Don’t take advantage of poor or needy workers, whether they are fellow Israelites or immigrants who live in your land or your cities. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not refuse the pay of the indigent and the poor, whether he is your brother, or he is a new arrival who dwells with you in the land and is within your gates. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt not refuse the hire of the needy, and the poor, whether he be thy brother, or a stranger that dwelleth with thee in the land, and is within thy gates: |
He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who esteems Him shows favour to the needy.
One oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, Another gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.
“They have despised father and mother within you. They have oppressed the stranger in your midst. They have wronged the fatherless and the widow within you.
‘Do not oppress your neighbour or rob him. The wages of him who is hired is not to remain with you all night until morning.
who crush the head of the poor ones in the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the meek. And a man and his father go in to the same girl, to defile My set-apart Name.
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Shomeron, who are oppressing the poor, who are crushing the needy, who are saying to their masters, “Bring wine, let us drink!”
Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, to do away with the poor of the land,
“And I shall draw near to you for right-ruling. And I shall be a swift witness against the practisers of witchcraft, and against adulterers, and against them that swear to falsehood, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and those who turn away a sojourner and do not fear Me,” said יהוה of hosts.
“And stay in the same house, eating and drinking whatever with them, for the labourer is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house.
“When there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, within any of the gates in your land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you, do not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother,
For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain,” and, “The labourer is worthy of his wages.”