PRO 17:5 Parallel Verse View

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

OEB He that mocks the poor reviles his maker;
⇔ he that joys at misfortune will not go unpunished.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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 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.

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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.

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]

17.5 unpunished: Heb. held innocent

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Whoso mocketh the poore, reproacheth his maker: and he that is glad at calamities, shall not be vnpunished.
(Whoso mocketh the poore, reproacheth his maker: and he that is glad at calamities, shall not be unpunished.)

17:5 Chap.14. 13.

17:5 Heb. held innocent.

Bshps Who so scorneth the poore, blasphemeth his maker: and he that is glad at another mans hurt, shall not be vnpunished.
(Who so scorneth the poore, blasphemeth 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 poore, reprocheth him, that made him: and he that reioyceth 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.
(Who so laugheth ye/you_all poor to scorne, blasphemeth his maker: and he it is glad of another mans hurte, shall not be unpunyshed.)

Wyc 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 dispisith a poor man, repreueth his maker; and he that is glad in the fallyng 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 Dürftigen spottet, the/of_the höhnet desselben Schöpfer; and who itself/yourself/themselves seines Unfalls freuet, becomes not ungestraft bleiben.)

ClVg Qui despicit pauperem exprobrat factori ejus, et qui ruina lætatur alterius non erit impunitus.
(Who despicit pauperem exprobrat factori his, and who ruina lætatur alterius not/no will_be impunitus. )

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.

BrLXX Ὁ καταγελῶν πτωχοῦ παροξύνει τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτὸν, ὁ δὲ ἐπιχαίρων ἀπολλυμένῳ οὐκ ἀθωωθήσεται, ὁ δὲ ἐπισπλαγχνιζόμενος ἐλεηθήσεται.
(Ho katagelōn ptōⱪou paroxunei ton poiaʸsanta auton, ho de epiⱪairōn apollumenōi ouk athōōthaʸsetai, ho de episplagⱪnizomenos eleaʸthaʸsetai. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

לֹעֵ֣ג לָ֭⁠רָשׁ חֵרֵ֣ף עֹשֵׂ֑⁠הוּ שָׂמֵ֥חַ לְ֝⁠אֵ֗יד

mocks to_the,poor insults maker,his rejoices at,calamity

The terms A mocker, one who is poor, his, and one glad at calamity represent types of people in general, not specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any mocker of any poor person taunts that person’s maker; any person glad at calamity”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

חֵרֵ֣ף עֹשֵׂ֑⁠הוּ

insults maker,his

See how you translated this phrase in 14:31.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לְ֝⁠אֵ֗יד

at,calamity

See how you translated the abstract noun calamity in 1:26.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes

לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶֽה

not go_unpunished

See how you translated this phrase in 6:29.

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