(NIV)
After them, seven other cows came up – scrawny and very ugly and lean. I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt.
Seven other cows came up after them,
poor and
very ugly and
thin, such
as I had
never seen in
all the
land of
Egypt.
(NIV)
I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.”
There I will
provide for you,
for there are
yet five years of
famine to come, so that
you and your
household, and
all that you have, do
not come to
poverty.’
(NIV)
Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
Now the
eyes of
Israel were
dim with age, so that he
could not see. So Joseph brought them
near him, and he
kissed them and
embraced them.
(NIV)
‘If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.
“
If you
lend money to any of my
people with you who is
poor, you shall
not be like a
moneylender to him, and you shall
not exact interest from him.
(NIV)
and do not show favouritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.
nor shall you be
partial to a
poor man in
his lawsuit.
(NIV)
‘Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
“You shall
not pervert the
justice due to your
poor in
his lawsuit.
(NIV)
but during the seventh year let the land lie unploughed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
but the
seventh year you shall let it
rest and
lie fallow, that the
poor of your
people may
eat; and what they
leave the
beasts of the
field may
eat. You shall
do likewise with your
vineyard, and with
your olive orchard.
(NIV)
The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less when you make the offering to the
Lord to atone for your lives.
The
rich shall
not give
more, and the
poor shall
not give
less, than the
half shekel, when you
give the
Lord’s offering to
make atonement for
your lives.
(NIV)
But if, when the priest examines it, there is no white hair in it and it is not more than skin deep and has faded, then the priest is to isolate them for seven days.
But if the
priest examines it and there is no
white hair in it and it is not
deeper than the
skin, but has
faded, then the
priest shall
shut him up
seven days.
(NIV)
But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot and if it is not more than skin deep and has faded, then the priest is to isolate them for seven days.
But if the
priest examines it and there is no
white hair in the
spot and it is no
deeper than the
skin, but has
faded, the
priest shall
shut him up
seven days,
(NIV)
If, however, the spot is unchanged and has not spread in the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce them clean; it is only a scar from the burn.
But if the
spot remains in one
place and does
not spread in the
skin, but has
faded, it is a
swelling from the
burn, and the
priest shall pronounce
him clean, for
it is the
scar of the
burn.
(NIV)
the priest is to examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; they are clean.
the
priest shall
look, and if the
spots on the
skin of the
body are of a
dull white, it is
leukoderma that has
broken out in the
skin;
he is
clean.
(NIV)
‘If, however, they are poor and cannot afford these, they must take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for them, together with a tenth of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of oil,
“But
if he is
poor and
cannot afford so
much, then he shall
take one male
lamb for a
guilt offering to be
waved, to
make atonement for him, and
a tenth of an ephah of
fine flour
mixed with
oil for a
grain offering, and a
log of
oil;
(NIV)
Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the
Lord your God.
And you shall
not strip your
vineyard bare,
neither shall you
gather the
fallen grapes of your
vineyard. You shall
leave them for the
poor and for the
sojourner:
I am the
Lord your
God.
(NIV)
‘“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favouritism to the great, but judge your neighbour fairly.
“You shall
do no
injustice in
court. You shall
not be
partial to the
poor or
defer to the
great, but in
righteousness shall you
judge your neighbor.
(NIV)
‘“When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the
Lord your God.”’
“And
when you
reap the
harvest of your
land, you shall not
reap your
field right up to its
edge,
nor shall
you gather the
gleanings after your
harvest. You shall
leave them for the
poor and for the
sojourner:
I am the
Lord your
God.”
(NIV)
‘“If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold.
“If your
brother becomes poor and
sells part of his
property,
then his
nearest redeemer shall
come and
redeem what
his brother has
sold.
(NIV)
‘“If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so that they can continue to live among you.
“If your
brother becomes poor and
cannot maintain himself with
you,
you shall
support him as though he were a
stranger and a
sojourner, and he shall
live with you.
(NIV)
‘“If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.
“If your
brother becomes poor beside you and
sells himself to you, you shall
not make him
serve as a
slave:
(NIV)
‘“If a foreigner residing among you becomes rich and any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to the foreigner or to a member of the foreigner’s clan,
“If a
stranger or
sojourner with
you becomes rich, and your
brother beside him
becomes poor and
sells himself to the
stranger or
sojourner with
you or to a
member of the
stranger’s clan,
(NIV)
If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay the specified amount, the person being dedicated is to be presented to the priest, who will set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.
And if someone is too
poor to pay the
valuation, then he shall be made to
stand before the
priest, and the
priest shall
value him; the
priest shall
value him
according to what the
vower can afford.
(NIV)
(Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)
Now the
man Moses was
very meek, more
than all people who were
on the
face of the
earth.
(NIV)
How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.’ (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)
and
whether the
land is
rich or poor, and whether there
are trees in it
or not.
Be of
good courage and
bring some of the
fruit of the
land.” Now the
time was the
season of the first
ripe grapes.
(NIV)
However, there need be no poor people among you, for in the land the
Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you,
But there will be
no poor among you;
for the
Lord will bless you in the
land that the
Lord your
God is
giving you for an
inheritance to
possess—
(NIV)
If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land that the
Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted towards them.
“
If among you,
one of your
brothers should
become poor, in
any of your
towns within your
land that the
Lord your
God is
giving you, you shall
not harden your
heart or
shut your
hand against your
poor brother,
(NIV)
Rather, be open-handed and freely lend them whatever they need.
but you shall open your
hand to him and lend him
sufficient for
his need,
whatever it may
be.
(NIV)
Be careful not to harbour this wicked thought: ‘The seventh year, the year for cancelling debts, is near,’ so that you do not show ill will towards the needy among your fellow Israelites and give them nothing. They may then appeal to the
Lord against you, and you will be found guilty of sin.
Take care lest there be an
unworthy thought in your
heart and you
say, ‘The
seventh year, the
year of
release is
near,’ and your
eye look grudgingly on your
poor brother, and you
give him
nothing, and he
cry to the
Lord against you, and you
be guilty of
sin.
(NIV)
There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be open-handed towards your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.
For there will
never cease to be
poor in the
land.
Therefore I command you, ‘You shall
open wide your
hand to your
brother, to the
needy and to the
poor, in
your land.’
(NIV)
If the neighbour is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge in your possession.
And if he is a
poor man, you shall
not sleep in
his pledge.
(NIV)
Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
“You shall
not oppress a
hired worker who is
poor and
needy,
whether he is one of your
brothers or one of the
sojourners who are in your
land within
your towns.
(NIV)
Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and are counting on it. Otherwise they may cry to the
Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
You shall
give him his
wages on the same
day, before the
sun sets (for he is
poor and
counts on it), lest he
cry against you
to the
Lord, and you
be guilty of
sin.
(NIV)
‘Pardon me, my lord,’ Gideon replied, ‘but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.’
And he
said to him, “
Please,
Lord,
how can I
save Israel?
Behold,
my
clan is the
weakest in
Manasseh, and
I am the
least in
my father’s house.”
(NIV)
On the fourth day, they said to Samson’s wife, ‘Coax your husband into explaining the riddle for us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death. Did you invite us here to steal our property?’
On the
fourth day they
said to
Samson’s wife,
“
Entice your
husband to
tell us what the
riddle is, lest we
burn you and your
father’s house with
fire. Have you
invited us here to
impoverish us?”
(NIV)
When you get there, you will find an unsuspecting people and a spacious land that God has put into your hands, a land that lacks nothing whatever.’
As soon as you
go, you will
come to an
unsuspecting people. The
land is
spacious, for
God has
given it into your
hands,
a
place where there is
no lack of
anything that is in the
earth.”
(NIV)
We have both straw and fodder for our donkeys and bread and wine for ourselves your servants – me, the woman and the young man with us. We don’t need anything.’
We
have straw and
feed for our
donkeys, with
bread and
wine for me and your female
servant and the
young man with your
servants.
There is
no lack of
anything.”
(NIV)
‘You are welcome at my house,’ the old man said. ‘Let me supply whatever you need. Only don’t spend the night in the square.’
And the
old man said,
“
Peace be to you; I will care
for all your
wants.
Only, do
not spend the night in the
square.”
(NIV)
‘The
Lord bless you, my daughter,’ he replied. ‘This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.
And he
said,
“May you be
blessed by the
Lord, my
daughter. You have made this
last kindness greater than the
first in that you
have not gone after
young men, whether
poor or
rich.
(NIV)
The
Lord sends poverty and wealth;
he humbles and he exalts.
The
Lord makes poor and
makes rich;
he
brings low and he
exalts.
(NIV)
He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
and makes them inherit a throne of honour.
‘For the foundations of the earth are the
Lord’s;
on them he has set the world.
He
raises up the
poor from the
dust;
he
lifts the
needy from the
ash heap to make them
sit with
princesand
inherit a
seat of
honor.
For the
pillars of the
earth are the
Lord’s,
and on them he has
set the
world.
(NIV)
One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place.
At that
time Eli,
whose
eyesight had
begun to
grow dim so that he
could not
see, was lying
down in his own
place.
(NIV)
They repeated these words to David. But David said, ‘Do you think it is a small matter to become the king’s son-in-law? I’m only a poor man and little known.’
And
Saul’s servants spoke those
words in the
ears of
David. And
David said,
“Does it
seem to you a
little thing to become the
king’s son-in-law, since I am a
poor man and have no
reputation?”
(NIV)
The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
There was a
long war between the
house of
Saul and the
house of
David. And
David grew stronger and stronger, while the
house of
Saul became weaker and weaker.
(NIV)
The
Lord sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, ‘There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor.
And the
Lord sent Nathan to David. He
came to him and
said to him, “There were
two men in a
certain city, the
one rich and the
other poor.
(NIV)
but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.
but the
poor man had nothing but
one little ewe
lamb,
which he had
bought. And he brought it
up, and it
grew up with him and with his
children. It used to
eat of his
morsel and
drink from his
cup and
lie in his
arms, and it
was like a
daughter to him.
(NIV)
‘Now a traveller came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveller who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.’
Now there
came a
traveler to the
rich man, and he was
unwilling to
take one of his own
flock or
herd to
prepare for the
guest who had
come to him, but he
took the
poor man’s lamb and
prepared it for the
man who had
come to him.”
(NIV)
He asked Amnon, ‘Why do you, the king’s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?’
Amnon said to him, ‘I’m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.’
And he
said to him, “O
son of the
king,
why are
you so
haggard morning after
morning? Will you
not tell me?”
Amnon said to him, “
I love Tamar, my
brother Absalom’s sister.”
(NIV)
You save the humble,
but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.
You
save a
humble people,
but your
eyes are
on the
haughty to bring them
down.
(NIV)
He carried all Jerusalem into exile: all the officers and fighting men, and all the skilled workers and artisans – a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left.
He
carried away all Jerusalem and
all the
officials and
all the
mighty men of
valor,
10,000 captives,
and
all the
craftsmen and the
smiths.
None remained,
except the
poorest people of the
land.
(NIV)
But the commander left behind some of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
But the
captain of the
guard left some of the
poorest of the
land to be
vinedressers and
plowmen.
(NIV)
as the time when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration. He wrote to them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
as the
days on which the
Jews got relief from their
enemies, and as the
month that had been
turned for them from
sorrow into
gladness and from
mourning into a
holiday; that they should
make them
days of
feasting and
gladness, days for
sending gifts of
food to
one another and
gifts to the
poor.
(NIV)
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth;
he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
But he
saves the
needy from the
sword of their
mouthand from the
hand of the
mighty.
(NIV)
So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.
So the
poor have
hope,
and
injustice shuts her mouth.
(NIV)
His children must make amends to the poor;
his own hands must give back his wealth.
His
children will seek the
favor of the
poor,
and his
hands will give
back his wealth.
(NIV)
For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute;
he has seized houses he did not build.
For he has
crushed and
abandoned the
poor;
he has
seized a
house that he did
not build.
(NIV)
They thrust the needy from the path
and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
They
thrust the
poor off the
road;
the
poor of the
earth all hide themselves.
(NIV)
The fatherless child is snatched from the breast;
the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.
(There are those who
snatch the
fatherless child from the
breast,
and they take a
pledge against the
poor.)
(NIV)
When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
kills the poor and needy,
and in the night steals forth like a thief.
The
murderer rises before it is
light,
that he may
kill the
poor and
needy,
and in the
night he
is like a
thief.
(NIV)
because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to assist them.
because I
delivered the
poor who cried for
help,
and the
fatherless who had
none to
help him.
(NIV)
I was a father to the needy;
I took up the case of the stranger.
I was a
father to the
needy,
and I
searched out the
cause of
him whom I did
not know.
(NIV)
Have I not wept for those in trouble?
Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
Did
not I
weep for him whose
day was
hard?
Was not my
soul grieved for the
needy?
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