Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Let not the oppressed return dishonored;
Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.

King James Version

O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

Holman Bible

Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;
let the poor and needy praise Your name.

International Standard Version

Don't let the oppressed return in humiliation. The poor and needy will praise your name.

A Conservative Version

O let not he who is oppressed return ashamed. Let a poor and needy man praise thy name.

American Standard Version

Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.

Amplified


Let not the oppressed return dishonored;
Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.

Bible in Basic English

O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.

Darby Translation

Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.

Julia Smith Translation

The poor one shall not turn back ashamed: the humble and the needy shall praise thy name.

King James 2000

O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise your name.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not let [the] oppressed turn back humiliated; let [the] poor and needy praise your name.

Modern King James verseion

Oh let not the ill-treated ones return ashamed; let the poor and needy praise Your name.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O let not the simple go away ashamed; for the poor and needy give praises unto thy name.

NET Bible

Do not let the afflicted be turned back in shame! Let the oppressed and poor praise your name!

New Heart English Bible

Do not let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

The Emphasized Bible

May the crushed one not again be confounded, As for the oppressed and the needy, let them praise thy Name.

Webster

O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

World English Bible

Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

Youngs Literal Translation

Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,

Verse Info

Context Readings

Prayer For Israel

20 Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth. 21 Let not the oppressed return dishonored;
Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.
22 Arise, O God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man treats you with contempt all day.

Cross References

Ezra 3:11

They praised Jehovah and thanked him, saying: He is good; his loving kindness to Israel is for all generations. All the people gave a joyful cry. They praised Jehovah because the foundation of Jehovah's house was in place.

Psalm 9:18

Needy people will not always be forgotten. Nor will the hope of meek people be lost forever.

Psalm 12:5

Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise, says Jehovah. I will provide safety for those who long for it.

Psalm 35:10

All my bones will say: O Jehovah, who can compare with you? You rescue the weak person from the one who is too strong for him and weak and needy people from the one who robs them.

Psalm 102:19-21

He looked down from his holy height. Jehovah gazed upon the earth from heaven.

Psalm 103:6

Jehovah works righteousness and judgment for all who are oppressed.

Psalm 109:22

I am oppressed and needy. I feel pain in my heart.

Isaiah 45:17

Jehovah will save Israel with an everlasting salvation. You will never be put to shame or disgraced, to ages everlasting.

Jeremiah 33:11

Yes, you will hear the sounds of joy and happiness and the sounds of brides and grooms. You will hear those who bring thank offerings to Jehovah's Temple.' 'They will say: Give thanks to Jehovah of Hosts because Jehovah is good, because his mercy endures forever. I will restore the prosperity of the land to what they were before,' says Jehovah.

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