Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha saying, “Your servant my husband is dead—you know that your servant feared Adonai. Now the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
Proverbs 22:7 - Tree of Life Version The rich rule over the poor, the borrower is a slave to the lender. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The rich ruleth over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. American Standard Version (1901) The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender. Common English Bible The wealthy rule over the poor; a borrower is a slave to a lender. Catholic Public Domain Version The rich rule over the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth. |
Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha saying, “Your servant my husband is dead—you know that your servant feared Adonai. Now the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
The one who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain, and the one who gives to the rich— both end in poverty.
Do not rob a poor person because he is poor, nor crush the needy at the gate,
So it shall be: as with the people, so with the kohen, as with a servant, so with his master, as with a maid, so with her mistress, as with a buyer, so with the seller, as with a lender, so with the borrower, as with a creditor, so with the debtor.
Thus says Adonai: “For three crimes of Israel even for four, I will not relent. For they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of shoes.
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on Samaria’s hill, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters: “Bring, so we may drink.”
Hear this, you who trample the poor, destroying the afflicted of the land
buy the poor for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals! We’ll even sell the refuse of the grain!’”
But since he didn’t have the money to repay, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.
But you have dishonored the poor person. Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
Come now, you rich, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you.
Behold, the wages of the workers who mowed your fields—which you kept back by fraud—are crying out against you. And the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.