Parallel Verses
Amplified
A poor man who oppresses and exploits the lowly
Is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
New American Standard Bible
Is like a driving rain
King James Version
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Holman Bible
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
International Standard Version
A poor man who oppresses the weak is like a rainstorm that destroys all the crops.
A Conservative Version
A needy man who oppresses the poor is a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
American Standard Version
A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Bible in Basic English
A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.
Darby Translation
A poor man who oppresseth the helpless is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Julia Smith Translation
A poor man oppressing the poor, a sweeping rain and no bread.
King James 2000
A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A man [who is] poor and oppresses the impoverished [is] a beating rain {that leaves} no food.
Modern King James verseion
A poor man who crushes the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
One poor man oppressing another by violence, is like a continual rain that destroyeth the fruit.
NET Bible
A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.
New Heart English Bible
A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
The Emphasized Bible
A poor man, who oppresseth the helpless, is like a rain beating down, leaving no food.
Webster
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
World English Bible
A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
Youngs Literal Translation
A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, Is a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
Themes
Oppression » Those that oppress the poor
Pitiless » Pitilessness condemned
Rain » Illustrative » (destructive,) of a poor man oppressing the poor
Interlinear
`ashaq
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 28:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
2
When a land does wrong, it has many princes,
But when the ruler is a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability endures.
A poor man who oppresses and exploits the lowly
Is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
Those who
But those who keep the law [of God and man] struggle with them.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Matthew 18:28-30