Proverbs 17:5 - Easy To Read Version Some people make fun of poor people. They laugh at people who have problems. This shows that those bad people don’t respect God who made them. These bad people will be punished. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: And he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent or go unpunished. [Job 31:29; Prov. 14:31; Obad. 12.] American Standard Version (1901) Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished. Common English Bible Those who mock the poor insult their maker; those who rejoice in disaster won’t go unpunished. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever despises the poor rebukes his Maker. And whoever rejoices in the ruin of another will not go unpunished. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his Maker; and he that rejoiceth at another man's ruin, shall not be unpunished. |