Proverbs 29:7 - The Message

The good-hearted understand what it’s like to be poor; the hardhearted haven’t the faintest idea.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: But the wicked regardeth not to know it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The [consistently] righteous man knows and cares for the rights of the poor, but the wicked man has no interest in such knowledge. [Job 29:16; 31:13; Ps. 41:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know it.

Common English Bible

The righteous know the rights of the poor, but the wicked don’t understand.

Catholic Public Domain Version

The just knows the case of the poor. The impious is ignorant of knowledge.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The just taketh notice of the cause of the poor: the wicked is void of knowledge.

Proverbs 29:7 Cross References