I was a father to the needy, and I championed the cause of the stranger.
Proverbs 29:7 - New Revised Standard Version The righteous know the rights of the poor; the wicked have no such understanding. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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. |
I was a father to the needy, and I championed the cause of the stranger.
“If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me;
if I have raised my hand against the orphan, because I saw I had supporters at the gate;
I will exult and rejoice in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have taken heed of my adversities,
Happy are those who consider the poor; the Lord delivers them in the day of trouble.
For he delivers the needy when they call, the poor and those who have no helper.
If you close your ear to the cry of the poor, you will cry out and not be heard.
they have grown fat and sleek. They know no limits in deeds of wickedness; they do not judge with justice the cause of the orphan, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the alien residing within you suffers extortion; the orphan and the widow are wronged in you.
My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted.
My lord, do not take seriously this ill-natured fellow, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.