Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He who mocks the poor taunts his Maker;
He who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

King James Version

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

Holman Bible

The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished.

International Standard Version

Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their maker, and whoever is happy about disaster will not go unpunished.

A Conservative Version

He who mocks a poor man reproaches his maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

American Standard Version

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

Amplified


Whoever mocks the poor taunts his Maker,
And he who rejoices at [another’s] disaster will not go unpunished.

Bible in Basic English

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.

Darby Translation

Whoso mocketh a poor man reproacheth his Maker; he that is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent.

Julia Smith Translation

He mocking to the poor one reproached him making him: and he rejoicing at misfortune shall not be unpunished.

King James 2000

Whosoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He who mocks the poor insults him who made him; he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

Modern King James verseion

Whoever scorns the poor reviles his Maker; he who is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Whoso laugheth the poor to scorn, blasphemeth his maker; and he that is glad of another man's hurt, shall not be unpunished.

NET Bible

The one who mocks the poor insults his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

He that mocketh the poor, hath reproached his Maker, He that maketh merry at distress, shall not be held innocent.

Webster

He that mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
לעג 
La`ag 
Usage: 18

the poor
רוּשׁ 
Ruwsh 
Usage: 24

and he that is glad
שׂמח 
Sameach 
Usage: 20

איד 
'eyd 
Usage: 24

References

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

4 An evil doer gives heed to false lips, and a liar gives ear to the tongue which curses. 5 He who mocks the poor taunts his Maker;
He who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the honour of the children are their fathers.

Cross References

Job 31:29

If I rejoiced at the destruction of the one that hated me or lifted up myself when evil found him;

Proverbs 14:31

He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he that has mercy on the poor, honours him.

Proverbs 16:5

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; the covenant that he makes, shall not be without chastening.

Psalm 69:9

For the zeal of thy house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Proverbs 14:21

The sinner despises his neighbour, but he that has mercy on the poor is blessed.

Proverbs 24:17-18

Do not rejoice when thy enemy falls, and do not let thy heart be glad when he stumbles

Jeremiah 17:16

For I did not take it upon myself to be a pastor following thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou dost know: that which came out of my lips has come forth in thy presence.

Obadiah 1:11-13

In the day that thou didst stand on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

Obadiah 1:16

For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the Gentiles drink continually; they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those that rejoice and weep with those that weep.

1 John 3:17

But whosoever has this world's goods and sees his brother have need and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how does the charity of God abide in him?

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