Pro 31:5 | NETfull | STEP | lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.

Proverbs 31:5

5 lest they drink and forget what is decreed,
and remove ^{▼▼ The verb means “change,” perhaps expressed in reversing decisions or removing rights.} from all the poor ^{▼▼ Heb “all the children of poverty.” This expression refers to the poor by nature. Cf. KJV, NASB, NRSV “the afflicted”; NIV “oppressed.”} their legal rights. ^{▼▼ The word is דִּין (din, “judgment”; so KJV). In this passage it refers to the cause or the plea for justice, i.e., the “legal rights.”}