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22 Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor;
    and don’t crush the needy in court;
23 for Yahweh will plead their case,
    and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

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Saying 2

22 Do not exploit the poor(A) because they are poor
    and do not crush the needy in court,(B)
23 for the Lord will take up their case(C)
    and will exact life for life.(D)

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A needy man who oppresses the poor
    is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

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A ruler[a] who oppresses the poor
    is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:3 Or A poor person

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity,
    than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

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Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)

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The righteous care about justice for the poor.
    The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.

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The righteous care about justice for the poor,(A)
    but the wicked have no such concern.

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13 The poor man and the oppressor have this in common:
    Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.

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13 The poor and the oppressor have this in common:
    The Lord gives sight to the eyes of both.(A)

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14 The king who fairly judges the poor,
    his throne shall be established forever.

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14 If a king judges the poor with fairness,
    his throne will be established forever.(A)

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20 She opens her arms to the poor;
    yes, she extends her hands to the needy.

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20 She opens her arms to the poor
    and extends her hands to the needy.(A)

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