Proverbs 28:3
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
KJV
Vir pauper calumnians pauperes similis est imbri vehementi in quo paratur fames.
Vulgate
ἀνδρεῖος ἐν ἀσεβείαις συκοφαντεῖ πτωχούς. ὥσπερ ὑετὸς λάβρος καὶ ἀνωφελής,
LXX
A needy man that oppresseth the poor Islikea sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
ASV
גֶּ֣בֶר רָ֭שׁ וְ/עֹשֵׁ֣ק דַּלִּ֑ים מָטָ֥ר סֹ֝חֵ֗ף וְ/אֵ֣ין לָֽחֶם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
גֶ֣בֶר
gbr
noun · 65×
דַּלִּ֔ים
dlym
adjective · 47×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
ם
m
verb · 34×
מָטָ֖ר
mtr
noun · 38×
נִסְחַ֣ף
nschp
verb · 2×
רָ֣שׁ
rsh
verb · 24×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 4:1 — So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was
- Matt 18:28 — But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
- Prov 22:16 — He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.