The murderer rises at daylight, he kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is as a thief.
Job 24:4 - The Scriptures 2009 they turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth have hidden together. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth hide themselves together. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They crowd the poor and needy off the road; the poor and meek of the earth all hide themselves. American Standard Version (1901) They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves. Common English Bible thrust the poor out of the way, make the land’s needy hide together. Catholic Public Domain Version They have undermined the way of the poor, and have pressed together the meek of the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth. |
The murderer rises at daylight, he kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is as a thief.
because I rescued the poor who cried out, and the fatherless who had no helper.
I was a father to the poor, and I investigated the case which I did not know.
Did I not weep for him who was in trouble? Was my being not grieved for the poor?
If I have withheld the poor from pleasure, or caused the widow’s eyes to fail,
if I have seen anyone perish for lack of garments, or a poor one without covering;
Because he did not remember to show loving-commitment, But persecuted the poor and needy man; And the broken-hearted, to put to death.
Blessed is he who considers the poor; יהוה does deliver him in a day of evil.
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.
When the righteous exult, there is great comeliness; But when the wrong arise, a man is searched for.
When the wrong rise up, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.
There is a generation whose teeth are swords, And whose jaw-teeth are knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, And the needy from among men.
to keep the needy back from right-ruling, and to take what is right from the poor of My people, that widows become their prey, and orphans their plunder.
if he has oppressed the poor and needy, has committed robbery, he does not return a pledge, has lifted his eyes to the idols, or did abomination,
“His father, because he used oppression, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, see, he shall die for his crookedness.
“The people of the land have practised oppression, and committed robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy. And they oppressed the stranger without right-ruling.
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!”