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Proverbs 28:3

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3A destitute leaderC who oppresses the poor

is like a driving rain that leaves no food.i

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Footnotes

  1. C reads A wicked man

Cross references

  1. iEx 9:25

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A poor man who oppresses the poor

is a beating rain that leaves no food.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A ruler who oppresses the poor

is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

NLTNew Living Translation

A poor person who oppresses the poor

is like a pounding rain that destroys the crops.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A man who is poor and oppresses the impoverished

is a beating rain that leaves no food.

KJV 1900King James Version

A poor man that oppresseth the poor

Is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.