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Jeremiah 22:13

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

KJV

Væ qui ædificat domum suam in injustitia, et cœnacula sua non in judicio : amicum suum opprimet frustra, et mercedem ejus non reddet ei :

Vulgate

Ὁ οἰκοδομῶν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ οὐ μετὰ δικαιοσύνης καὶ τὰ ὑπερῷα αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐν κρίματι, παρὰ τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἐργᾶται δωρεάν, καὶ τὸν μισθὸν αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ἀποδώσει αὐτῷ.

LXX

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor’s service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;

ASV

ה֣וֹי בֹּנֶ֤ה בֵית/וֹ֙ בְּֽ/לֹא צֶ֔דֶק וַ/עֲלִיּוֹתָ֖י/ו בְּ/לֹ֣א מִשְׁפָּ֑ט בְּ/רֵעֵ֨/הוּ֙ יַעֲבֹ֣ד חִנָּ֔ם וּ/פֹעֲל֖/וֹ לֹ֥א יִתֶּן לֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ה֣וֹי
hvy
particle · 51×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
ו
v
noun · 20×
וֹ
v
noun · 38×
חִנָּ֑ם
chnm
adverb · 32×
י
y
noun · 422×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
ם
m
verb · 287×
צֶ֑דֶק
tsdq
noun · 116×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. What I have often said, I will now say, that Christ looks not so much to His own honor as to our salvation; not how He may utter some sublime saying, but how something able to draw us to Him. On which account His sublime and mighty sayings are few, and those also hidden, but the humble and lowly are many, and abound through His discourses. For since by these men were the rat…

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 36:4 — And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
  • 2Chr 36:5 — Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
  • Deut 15:13 — And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
  • Deut 24:14 — Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
  • Deut 24:15 — At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
  • Hab 2:9 — Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
  • Hab 2:9 — Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
  • Hab 2:12 — Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
  • Isa 5:8 — Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
  • Jas 5:4 — Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth
  • Jas 5:4 — Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth
  • Jer 17:11 — As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
  • Jer 22:18 — Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord!
  • Job 20:18 — That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
  • Job 24:11 — Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
  • Lev 19:13 — Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
  • Lev 19:13 — Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
  • Mal 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
  • Mal 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
  • Mic 3:10 — They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
  • Mic 3:10 — They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.