I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
Proverbs 29:7 - English Standard Version 2016 A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge. 更多版本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. |
I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
“If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me,
if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,
I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul,
Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;
Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.
they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
Let not my lord regard this worthless 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.