If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.
Colossians 4:1 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition MASTERS, [on your part] deal with your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that also you have a Master in heaven. [Lev. 25:43, 53.] American Standard Version (1901) Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. Common English Bible Masters, be just and fair to your slaves, knowing that you yourselves have a master in heaven. Catholic Public Domain Version You masters, supply your servants with what is just and equitable, knowing that you, too, have a Master in heaven. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Masters, do to your servants that which is just and equal: knowing that you also have a master in heaven. |
If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.
Why have we fasted, [say they], and you don't see? [why] have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast you find [your own] pleasure, and exact all your labors.
*'You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
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 perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me,* says the LORD of Armies.
To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went their way.
*It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.
For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.
These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings. They also will overcome who are with him, called and chosen and faithful.*
He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, *KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.*