If I have withheld the poor from {\i their} desire,\par\tab Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Proverbs 22:22 - American Standard Version 2015 Rob not the poor, because he is poor;\par\tab Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Rob not the poor [being tempted by their helplessness], neither oppress the afflicted at the gate [where the city court is held], [Exod. 23:6; Job 31:16, 21.] American Standard Version (1901) Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: Common English Bible Don’t steal from the poor, because they are poor. Don’t oppress the needy in the gate. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not act with violence toward the pauper because he is poor. And do not weary the needy at the gate. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate: |
If I have withheld the poor from {\i their} desire,\par\tab Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless,\par\tab Because I saw my help in the gate:
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away,\par\tab Because they refuse to do justice.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his {\i gain},\par\tab {\i And} he that giveth to the rich, {\i shall come} only to want.\par
to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.
Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God.
and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner {\i from his right}, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best: thou shalt not oppress him.