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Proverbs 29:7

7 The arighteous 1is concerned for the rights of the poor,

The wicked does not understand such 2concern.

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Proverbs 29:7 — The New International Version (NIV)

The righteous care about justice for the poor,

but the wicked have no such concern.

Proverbs 29:7 — English Standard Version (ESV)

A righteous man knows the rights of the poor;

a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.

Proverbs 29:7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor:

But the wicked regardeth not to know it.

Proverbs 29:7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The godly care about the rights of the poor;

the wicked don’t care at all.

Proverbs 29:7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

The righteous considers the cause of the poor,

But the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

Proverbs 29:7 — New Century Version (NCV)

Good people care about justice for the poor,

but the wicked are not concerned.

Proverbs 29:7 — American Standard Version (ASV)

The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor;

The wicked hath not understanding to know it.

Proverbs 29:7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; the wicked understandeth not knowledge.

Proverbs 29:7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

A righteous person knows the just cause of the poor. 

A wicked person does not understand this. 

Proverbs 29:7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The righteous person knows the rights of the poor,

but the wicked one does not understand these concerns.

Proverbs 29:7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The righteous know the rights of the poor;

the wicked have no such understanding.

Proverbs 29:7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

The righteous knows the case of the poor,

but the wicked does not understand knowledge.

Proverbs 29:7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Those who do what is right want to treat poor people fairly.

But those who do what is wrong don’t care about the poor.


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