Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
The righteous doth acknowledge the plea of the poor, but, the lawless, regardeth not knowledge.
New American Standard Bible
The wicked does not understand such
King James Version
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Holman Bible
but the wicked one does not understand these concerns.
International Standard Version
The righteous person is concerned about the poor; but the wicked don't understand what they need to know.
A Conservative Version
A righteous man takes knowledge of the cause of the poor. A wicked man has no [such] understanding to know.
American Standard Version
The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know it .
Amplified
The righteous man cares for the rights of the poor,
But the wicked man has no interest in such knowledge.
Bible in Basic English
The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.
Darby Translation
The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; the wicked understandeth not knowledge.
Julia Smith Translation
The just one knew the judgment of the poor: the unjust one will not understand knowledge.
King James 2000
The righteous considers the cause of the poor: but the wicked regards not such knowledge.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] righteous knows [the] case of the poor, but [the] wicked does not understand knowledge.
Modern King James verseion
The righteous knows the plea of the poor; the wicked cares not to know it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor, but the ungodly regardeth no understanding.
NET Bible
The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.
New Heart English Bible
The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.
Webster
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
World English Bible
The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.
Youngs Literal Translation
The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 29:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
6 In the transgression of a wicked man, is a snare, but, the righteous, doth shout in triumph and rejoice. 7 The righteous doth acknowledge the plea of the poor, but, the lawless, regardeth not knowledge. 8 Men given to mockery, inflame a city, - but, wise men, turn away anger.
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Cross References
Job 29:16
A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;
Psalm 41:1
How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him:
1 Samuel 25:9-11
So David's young men came, and spake unto Nabal, according to all these words, in the name of David, - and waited.
Job 31:13
If I refused the right of my servant, or my handmaid, when they contended with me,
Job 31:21
If I shook - against the fatherless - my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,
Psalm 31:7
I will indeed exult and rejoice, in thy lovingkindness, - In that thou hast looked upon my humiliation, thou hast taken note that in distresses was my life;
Proverbs 21:13
He that shutteth his ear from the cry of the poor, even he, shall call, and not be answered.
Proverbs 31:8-9
Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all the children of the departed.
Jeremiah 5:28
They have waxed fat, they shine Yea they have overpassed the records of wickedness. The right, have they not determined, the right of the fatherless that they might prosper, - Yea justice to the helpless, have they not decreed.
Jeremiah 22:15-17
Shalt thou reign, because, thou, art eager to excel in cedar? Thy father, did lie not eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness, And, then, it was well with him?
Ezekiel 22:7
Father and mother, have they despised in thee, To the sojourner, have they dealt with oppression in the midst of thee, - The fatherless and the widow, have they maltreated in thee:
Ezekiel 22:29-31
The people of the land have exacted oppression, and seized plunder,- Even the afflicted and the needy, have they maltreated, And the sojourner have they oppressed without justice.
Micah 3:1-4
Then said I, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel, - Is it not yours to know justice?
Galatians 6:1
Brethren! if a man should even be overtaken in any fault, ye, the spiritual, be restoring such a one, in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself, lest, even thou, be put to the test.