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Proverbs 22:22-29 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 22 | Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: | Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate, | Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court, | |
| 23 | For the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them. | for the LORD will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them. | for the LORD will take up their case and will exact life for life. | |
| 24 | Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; and with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: | Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, | Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, | |
| 25 | Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. | lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. | or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared. | |
| 26 | Be thou not one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts: | Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts. | Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; | |
| 27 | If thou hast not wherewith to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? | If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you? | if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you. | |
| 28 | Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. | Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set. | Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors. | |
| 29 | Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. | Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men. | Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank. | |
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