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Proverbs 28:3

3 A apoor man who oppresses the lowly

Is like a driving rain 1which leaves no food.

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Proverbs 28:3 — The New International Version (NIV)

A ruler who oppresses the poor

is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

Proverbs 28:3 — English Standard Version (ESV)

A poor man who oppresses the poor

is a beating rain that leaves no food.

Proverbs 28:3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

A poor man that oppresseth the poor

Is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

Proverbs 28:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

A poor person who oppresses the poor

is like a pounding rain that destroys the crops.

Proverbs 28:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

A poor man who oppresses the poor

Is like a driving rain which leaves no food.

Proverbs 28:3 — New Century Version (NCV)

Rulers who mistreat the poor

are like a hard rain that destroys the crops.

Proverbs 28:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

A needy man that oppresseth the poor

Is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

Proverbs 28:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

A poor man who oppresseth the helpless is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

Proverbs 28:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

A poor person who oppresses poorer people 

is like a driving rain that leaves no food. 

Proverbs 28:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

A destitute leader who oppresses the poor

is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

Proverbs 28:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

A ruler who oppresses the poor

is a beating rain that leaves no food.

Proverbs 28:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

A man who is poor and oppresses the impoverished

is a beating rain that leaves no food.

Proverbs 28:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

A ruler who beats poor people down

is like a pounding rain that leaves no crops.


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