Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

The righteous knows the plea of the poor; the wicked cares not to know it.

New American Standard Bible

The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor,
The wicked does not understand such concern.

King James Version

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

Holman Bible

The righteous person knows the rights of the poor,
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 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.

The Emphasized Bible

The righteous doth acknowledge the plea of the poor, but, the lawless, regardeth not 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

the cause
דּוּן דּין 
Diyn 
Usage: 20

of the poor
דּל 
Dal 
Usage: 48

but the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

not to know
דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

Context Readings

All About Life

6 In the sin of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sings and rejoices. 7 The righteous knows the plea of the poor; the wicked cares not to know it. 8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare, but the wise turn away wrath.

Cross References

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor; and the cause which I did not know, I searched out.

Psalm 41:1

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he who acts wisely toward the poor; Jehovah will deliver him in time of trouble.

1 Samuel 25:9-11

And David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and stopped.

Job 31:13

If I despised the cause of my man servant or of my slave-girl, when they argued with me;

Job 31:21

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless when I watched over my help in the gate;

Psalm 31:7

I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy; for You have looked on my affliction; You have known my soul in troubles;

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

Proverbs 31:8-9

Open your mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all the sons of those passing away.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat, they shine. Yes, they go past the deeds of the wicked; they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy.

Jeremiah 22:15-17

Do you reign, because you lust to excel in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

Ezekiel 22:7

In you they have despised father and mother. In your midst they have dealt with the stranger by oppression. In you they oppressed the orphan and the widow.

Ezekiel 22:29-31

The people of the land have used oppression and practiced robbery, and they have troubled the poor and needy. Yea, they have oppressed the stranger without right.

Micah 3:1-4

And I said, Please hear, O heads of Jacob and magistrates of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice?

Galatians 6:1

Brothers, if a man is overtaken in a fault, you the spiritual ones restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.

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