Proverbs 29:7
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29:7The righteous person cares for22 the legal rights23 of the poor;
the wicked does not understand such24 knowledge.
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- 22 The form is an active participle, יֹדֵעַ (yodea’); it describes the righteous as “knowing, caring for, having sympathetic knowledge for, or considering favorably” the legal needs of the poor. Cf. “has a care for”; “is concerned for.”
- 23 The Hebrew word used here is דִּין (din), which typically means “judgment,” but can also mean “strife” and “cause.” Here it refers to the “cause” of the poor (so , ), their plea, their case, their legal rights. A righteous person is sympathetic to this.
- 24 The term “such” is supplied in the translation for clarification. It is not simply any knowledge that the wicked do not understand, but the knowledge mentioned in the first colon. They do not understand the “sympathetic knowledge” or “concern” for the cause of the poor.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
A righteous man knows the rights of the poor;
a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The righteous care about justice for the poor,
but the wicked have no such concern.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The righteous person knows the rights of the poor,
but the wicked one does not understand these concerns.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The godly care about the rights of the poor;
the wicked don’t care at all.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The righteous knows the case of the poor,
but the wicked does not understand knowledge.
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KJV 1900King James Version
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor:
But the wicked regardeth not to know it.
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