The ransom of a man's life are his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.

'If atonement is laid upon him, then he hath given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid upon him;

And he hath removed all Jerusalem, and all the chiefs, and all the mighty ones of valour -- ten thousand is the removal -- and every artificer and smith, none hath been left save the poor of the people of the land.

and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.

And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.

Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!

And of the poor people, who have nothing, hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, left in the land of Judah, and he giveth to them vineyards and fields on the same day.

And ten men have been found among them, and they say unto Ishmael, 'Do not put us to death, for we have things hidden in the field -- wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey.' And he forbeareth, and hath not put them to death in the midst of their brethren.

And I have left in thy midst a people humble and poor, And they have trusted in the name of Jehovah.

for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

having known that, not with corruptible things -- silver or gold -- were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,

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The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

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Ransom

He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!
'If atonement is laid upon him, then he hath given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid upon him;
And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.
Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
And ten men have been found among them, and they say unto Ishmael, 'Do not put us to death, for we have things hidden in the field -- wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey.' And he forbeareth, and hath not put them to death in the midst of their brethren.
for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?
having known that, not with corruptible things -- silver or gold -- were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,

The poor

And he hath removed all Jerusalem, and all the chiefs, and all the mighty ones of valour -- ten thousand is the removal -- and every artificer and smith, none hath been left save the poor of the people of the land.
and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
And of the poor people, who have nothing, hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, left in the land of Judah, and he giveth to them vineyards and fields on the same day.
And I have left in thy midst a people humble and poor, And they have trusted in the name of Jehovah.

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the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.
But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss;
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