Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“His sons favor the poor,
And his hands give back his wealth.

King James Version

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

Holman Bible

His children will beg from the poor,
for his own hands must give back his wealth.

International Standard Version

His sons will make amends to the poor; their hands will return his wealth.

A Conservative Version

His sons shall seek the favor of the poor, and his hands shall give back his wealth.

American Standard Version

His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.

Amplified


“His sons favor the poor [and pay his obligations],
And his hands give back his [ill-gotten] wealth.

Bible in Basic English

His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.

Darby Translation

His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands restore his wealth.

Julia Smith Translation

The weak shall break his sons, and his hands shall turn back his wealth.

King James 2000

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

Lexham Expanded Bible

His children will seek favors from [the] poor, and his hands will return his wealth.

Modern King James verseion

His sons shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"His children shall be fain to agree with the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

NET Bible

His sons must recompense the poor; his own hands must return his wealth.

New Heart English Bible

His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.

The Emphasized Bible

His children, shall seek the favour of the poor, and, his own hand, shall give back his wealth.

Webster

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

World English Bible

His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.

Youngs Literal Translation

His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the poor
דּל 
Dal 
Usage: 48

and his hands
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

References

American

Context Readings

A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long

9 “The eye which saw him sees him no longer,
And his place no longer beholds him.
10 “His sons favor the poor,
And his hands give back his wealth.
11 “His bones are full of his youthful vigor,
But it lies down with him in the dust.



Cross References

Job 20:18

“He returns what he has attained
And cannot swallow it;
As to the riches of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy them.

Exodus 9:2

For if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,

Exodus 12:36

and the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have their request. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.

Exodus 22:1

If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

Exodus 22:3

But if the sun has risen on him, there will be bloodguiltiness on his account. He shall surely make restitution; if he owns nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

2 Samuel 12:6

He must make restitution for the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had no compassion.”

Job 5:4

“His sons are far from safety,
They are even oppressed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.

Job 27:16-17

“Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,

Psalm 109:10

Let his children wander about and beg;
And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.

Proverbs 6:31

But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold;
He must give all the substance of his house.

Proverbs 28:3

A poor man who oppresses the lowly
Is like a driving rain which leaves no food.

Luke 19:8

Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.”

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