Verse List for PROV 17:5

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OET (OET-RV) Anyone who mocks the poor, taunts their maker. ⇔ ≈ Someone who’s happy about a calamity won’t go unpunished.

OET-LV one _who_mocks (to)_one _who_is_poor he _reproaches maker _of_his a _person_joyful for_calamity not he _will _go _unpunished.

ULT A mocker of one who is poor taunts his maker; ⇔ one glad at calamity will not remain blameless.

UST People who ridicule poor people despise Yahweh, who made them; ⇔  Yahweh will certainly punish people who rejoice when other people experience disastrous things.

BSB & MSB He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; ⇔  whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. ⇔  He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

NET The one who mocks the poor insults his Creator; ⇔ whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

LSV Whoever is mocking at the poor
Has reproached his Maker,
Whoever is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

FBV Anyone who oppresses the poor insults their Maker, and anyone who enjoys the suffering of others will be punished.

T4T ⇔  Those who make fun of poor people insult God, the one who made the poor people, ⇔  and those who are happy when someone else has troubles will certainly be punished [LIT] by God.

LEB • He who mocks the poor insults him who made him;
• he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

BBE Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

Moff A man who mocks the unfortunate arraigns his Maker; ⇔  he who rejoices at their woes shall not go unpunished.

JPS Whoso mocketh the poor blasphemeth his Maker; and he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

ASV Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; ⇔ And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

DRA He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his Maker; and he that rejoiceth at another man’s ruin, shall not be unpunished.

YLT Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

Drby Whoso mocketh a poor [man] reproacheth his Maker; he that is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent.

RV Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
(Whoso/Whoever mocketh the poor reproacheth/reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.)

SLT He mocking to the poor one reproached him making him: and he rejoicing at misfortune shall not be unpunished.

Wbstr He that mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

KJB-1769 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.[fn]
(Whoso/Whoever mocketh the poor reproacheth/reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.)

KJB-1611 [fn]Whoso mocketh the poore, reproacheth his maker: and he that is glad at calamities, shall not be vnpunished.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps Who so scorneth the poore, blasphemeth his maker: and he that is glad at another mans hurt, shall not be vnpunished.
(Whoso/Whoever scorneth the poor, blasphemeth/blasphemes his maker: and he that is glad at another mans hurt, shall not be unpunished.)

Gnva Hee that mocketh the poore, reprocheth him, that made him: and he that reioyceth at destruction, shall not be vnpunished.
(He that mocketh the poor, reproacheth/reproaches him, that made him: and he that rejoiceth/rejoices at destruction, shall not be unpunished.)

Cvdl Who so laugheth ye poore to scorne, blasphemeth his maker: and he yt is glad of another mans hurte, shal not be vnpunyshed.
(Whoso/Whoever laugheth ye/you_all poor to scorn, blasphemeth/blasphemes his maker: and he it is glad of another mans hurt, shall not be unpunyshed.)

Wycl He that dispisith a pore man, repreueth his maker; and he that is glad in the fallyng of another man, schal not be vnpunyschid.
(He that despiseth/despises a poor man, reproveth his maker; and he that is glad in the falling of another man, shall not be unpunyschid.)

Luth Wer des Dürftigen spottet, der höhnet desselben Schöpfer; und wer sich seines Unfalls freuet, wird nicht ungestraft bleiben.
(Who the poor_(ones) scoffs, the/of_the höhnet of_the_same creator; and who itself/yourself/themselves his Unfalls is_happy, becomes not unpunished remain/stay.)

ClVg Qui despicit pauperem exprobrat factori ejus, et qui ruina lætatur alterius non erit impunitus.
(Who looks_down the_poor reproaches maker his/her, and who/which ruin(n) rejoices another’s not/no will_be impunitus.)

UHB לֹעֵ֣ג לָ֭⁠רָשׁ חֵרֵ֣ף עֹשֵׂ֑⁠הוּ שָׂמֵ֥חַ לְ֝⁠אֵ֗יד לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὁ καταγελῶν πτωχοῦ παροξύνει τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτὸν, ὁ δὲ ἐπιχαίρων ἀπολλυμένῳ οὐκ ἀθωωθήσεται, ὁ δὲ ἐπισπλαγχνιζόμενος ἐλεηθήσεται.

BrTr He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: but he that has compassion shall find mercy.