Proverbs 28:3
1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
2 A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
- KJV
- A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
- WEB
- A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
- ASV
- A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is [like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
- DARBY
- A poor man who oppresseth the helpless is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
- BLB
- A man being poor and oppressing the lowly ones [is like] a rain beating down and [there is] no bread.
- ÅB
- En fattig mann som undertrykker småfolk, er et regn som skyller bort kornet, så der ikke blir brød.
- OTB
- En hersker som undertrykker de fattige er som et piskende regn som ikke etterlater mat.
- B1930
- En fattig mann som undertrykker småfolk, er et regn som skyller bort kornet, så der ikke blir brød.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 18:28–30
But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
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