Verse List for PROV 28:3

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OET (OET-RV) Someone who’s poor but oppresses other poor people, ⇔ is like driving rain when you have nothing to eat.

OET-LV A _man poor and_one _who_oppresses poor_people rain which_prostrates and_there_is_not food.

ULT A man who is poor and who oppresses the lowly ⇔ is a rain, that washes away, and there is no bread.

UST A poor person who oppresses other poor people ⇔  is as destructive as rain that washes away the crops, leaving nothing to eat.

BSB & MSB A destitute leader who oppresses the poor ⇔  is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB A needy man who oppresses the poor ⇔  is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

NET A poor person who oppresses the weak ⇔ is like a driving rain without food.

LSV A man—poor and oppressing the weak,
[Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

FBV When someone poor oppresses the poor, it's like heavy rain that beats down the crops.

T4T ⇔  A poor person who oppresses other poor people ⇔  is like [MET] a very heavy/hard rain that destroys the crops, with the result that there is no food for people to eat.

LEB • A man who is poor and oppresses the impoverished
• is a beating rain that leaves[fn] no food.

BBE A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.

Moff A tyrant oppressing the poo ⇔  is like a deluge that leaves no food behind.

JPS A poor man that oppresseth the weak is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

ASV A needy man that oppresseth the poor ⇔ Is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

DRA A poor man that oppresseth the poor, is like a violent shower, which bringeth a famine.

YLT A man — poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

Drby A poor man who oppresseth the helpless is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

RV A needy man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
(A needy man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth/leaves no food.)

SLT A poor man oppressing the poor, a sweeping rain and no bread.

Wbstr A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

KJB-1769 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.[fn]
(A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth/leaves no food.)

KJB-1611 [fn]A poore man that oppresseth the poore, is like a sweeping raine which leaueth no food.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps One poore man oppressing another by violence, is like a raging rayne that destroyeth the fruite.
(One poor man oppressing another by violence, is like a raging rain that destroyeth the fruit.)

Gnva A poore man, if he oppresse the poore, is like a raging raine, that leaueth no foode.
(A poor man, if he oppress the poor, is like a raging rain, that leaveth/leaves no foode.)

Cvdl One poore man oppressinge another by violence, is like a contynuall rayne that destroyeth ye frute.
(One poor man oppressinge another by violence, is like a contynuall rain that destroyeth ye/you_all fruit.)

Wycl A pore man falsli calengynge pore men, is lijk a grete reyn, wherynne hungur is maad redi.
(A poor man falsli calenging poor men, is like a great reyn, wherein hunger is made ready.)

Luth Ein armer Mann, der die Geringen beleidigt, ist wie ein Meltau, der die Frucht verderbt.
(A poor man, the/of_the the low/small_(ones) beleidigt, is as/like a Meltau, the/of_the the fruit corrupted.)

ClVg Vir pauper calumnians pauperes similis est imbri vehementi in quo paratur fames.]
(Man poor slanderns the_poor similar it_is imbri vehementi in/into/on where is_being_prepared hungers.])

UHB גֶּ֣בֶר רָ֭שׁ וְ⁠עֹשֵׁ֣ק דַּלִּ֑ים מָטָ֥ר סֹ֝חֵ֗ף וְ⁠אֵ֣ין לָֽחֶם׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἀνδρεῖος ἐν ἀσεβείαις συκοφαντεῖ πτωχούς· ὥσπερ ὑετὸς λάβρος καὶ ἀνωφελὴς,

BrTr A bold man oppresses the poor by ungodly deeds. As an impetuous and unprofitable rain,