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Keywords: CRUELTY,ENVY,MASTER,OPPRESSION,SERVANT
Description: Genesis 16:6
NET Translation: Abram said to Sarai, “Since your servant is under your authority, do to her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly, so she ran away from Sarai.
DARBY Translation: And Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maidservant is in thy hand: do to her what is good in thine eyes. And Sarai oppressed her; and she fled from her face.
KJV Translation: But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid [is] in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth theeK102. And when Sarai dealt hardly with herK103, she fled from her face.
Keywords: OPPRESSION,SERVANT
Description: Exodus 1:10
NET Translation: Come, let’s deal wisely with them. Otherwise they will continue to multiply, and if a war breaks out, they will ally themselves with our enemies and fight against us and leave the country.”
DARBY Translation: Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that, if war occur, they take side with our enemies and fight against us, and go up out of the land.
KJV Translation: Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and [so] get them up out of the land.
Keywords: GOD,OPPRESSION,RULERS
Description: Exodus 3:9
NET Translation: And now indeed the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them.
DARBY Translation: And now behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me; and I have also seen the OPPRESSION with which the Egyptians oppress them.
KJV Translation: Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the OPPRESSION wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Keywords: EGYPTIANS,ISRAEL,MOSES,OPPRESSION,RULERS,WORSHIP
Description: Exodus 5:1
NET Translation: Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, ‘Release my people so that they may hold a pilgrim feast to me in the wilderness.’”
DARBY Translation: And afterwards Moses and Aaron went in, and said to Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Let my people go that they may celebrate a feast to me in the wilderness.
KJV Translation: And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
Verse Intro: Making Bricks Without Straw
Keywords: ALIENS,HOSPITALITY,INJUSTICE,OPPRESSION
Description: Exodus 22:21
NET Translation: “You must not wrong a resident foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
KJV Translation: Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Keywords: FUGITIVES,OPPRESSION,REFUGEE SLAVES,SERVANT
Description: Deuteronomy 23:15
NET Translation: You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you.
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt not hand over to his master a bondman that hath escaped from his master unto thee:
KJV Translation: Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
Verse Intro: Compassion Toward Slaves
Keywords: FUGITIVES,OPPRESSION,REFUGEE SLAVES,SERVANT
Description: Deuteronomy 23:16
NET Translation: Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages he prefers; you must not oppress him.
DARBY Translation: he shall dwell with thee, even in thy midst, in the place that he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it seemeth good to him; thou shalt not oppress him.
KJV Translation: He shall dwell with thee, [even] among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him bestK863: thou shalt not oppress him.
Keywords: ALIENS,EMPLOYEE,EMPLOYER,LABOR,MASTER,OPPRESSION,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,SERVANT,STRANGERS,WAGES
Description: Deuteronomy 24:14
NET Translation: You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant [who is] poorD1327 and needy of thy brethren, or of thy sojournersD1328 who are in thy land within thy gates:
KJV Translation: Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates:
Keywords: EMPLOYEE,EMPLOYER,LABOR,MASTER,OPPRESSION,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,SERVANT,WAGES
Description: Deuteronomy 24:15
NET Translation: You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
DARBY Translation: on his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poorD1329, and his soul yearneth after itD1330; lest he cry againD1331st thee to Jehovah, and it be a sin in thee.
KJV Translation: At his day thou shalt give [him] his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he [is] poor, and setteth his heart upon itK869: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
Keywords: OPPRESSION
Description: Deuteronomy 26:7
NET Translation: So we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and he heard us and saw our humiliation, toil, and OPPRESSION.
DARBY Translation: and we cried to Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our OPPRESSION;
KJV Translation: And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our OPPRESSION:
Keywords: OPPRESSION,WAR
Description: Judges 2:14
NET Translation: The Lord was furious with Israel and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. He turned them over to their enemies who lived around them. They could no longer withstand their enemies’ attacks.
DARBY Translation: And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about; and they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
KJV Translation: And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
Keywords: ENTHUSIASM,ISRAEL,MANASSEH,MIDIANITES,OPPRESSION,RELIGION
Description: Judges 6:1
NET Translation: The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord turned them over to Midian for seven years.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
Verse Intro: Midian Oppresses Israel
Keywords: AMALEKITES,ARMIES,DECISION,ENTHUSIASM,FAITH,GIDEON,GOD,ISRAEL,JUDGE,MANASSEH,MIDIANITES,OPPRESSION,RELIGION,HAROD,MIRACLES,MOREH
Description: Judges 7:1
NET Translation: Jerub Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. The Midianites were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.
DARBY Translation: And Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, arose early, and all the people that were with him, and they encamped beside the spring HarodD1632; and he had the camp of Midian on the north by the hill of Moreh in the valley.
KJV Translation: Then Jerubbaal, who [is] Gideon, and all the people that [were] with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
Verse Intro: The Army of Israel Reduced to 300
Keywords: JUDGE,MIDIANITES,OPPRESSION,ANGER,EPHRAIM,FLATTERY,GIDEON,GOD,ISRAEL,JEALOUSY,TACT
Description: Judges 8:1
NET Translation: The Ephraimites said to him, “Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us when you went to fight the Midianites!” They argued vehemently with him.
DARBY Translation: And the men of Ephraim said to him, What is this thing thou hast done to us, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they disputed with him sharply.
KJV Translation: And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thusK1099, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharplyK1100.
Keywords: OPPRESSION,DODO,ISRAEL,JUDGE,PUAH,SHAMIR,TOLA
Description: Judges 10:1
NET Translation: After Abimelech’s death, Tola son of Puah, grandson of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.
DARBY Translation: And after Abimelech, there rose up to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir on mount Ephraim.
KJV Translation: And after Abimelech there arose to defendK1126Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
Verse Intro: Tola and Jair Raised Up
Keywords: OPPRESSION,SCORPION
Description: 1 Kings 12:14
NET Translation: and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”
DARBY Translation: and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but *I* will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but *I* will chastise you with scorpions.
KJV Translation: And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father [also] chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Keywords: OPPRESSION,JEHOAHAZ,RULERS,SAMARIA
Description: 2 Kings 13:1
NET Translation: In the twenty-third year of the reign of Judah’s King Joash son of Ahaziah, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for seventeen years.
DARBY Translation: In the three-and-twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, for seventeen years.
KJV Translation: In the three and twentieth yearK2101of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] seventeen years.
Verse Intro: Jehoahaz's Reign Over Israel
Keywords: PRAYER,REPENTANCE
Description: 2 Kings 13:4
NET Translation: Jehoahaz asked for the Lord’s mercy, and the Lord responded favorably, for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria.
DARBY Translation: (And Jehoahaz besought Jehovah, and Jehovah hearkened to him; for he saw the OPPRESSION of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
KJV Translation: And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the OPPRESSION of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
Keywords: HYPOCRISY,OPPRESSION,THE RICH,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Job 27:13
NET Translation: This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.
DARBY Translation: This is the portion of the wicked man with God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty:
KJV Translation: This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty.
Keywords: RULERS
Description: Job 35:9
NET Translation: “People cry out because of the excess of OPPRESSION; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.
DARBY Translation: By reason of the multitude of OPPRESSIONs they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:
KJV Translation: By reason of the multitude of OPPRESSIONs they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,POOR
Description: Job 36:15
NET Translation: He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.
DARBY Translation: But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in [their] OPPRESSION.
KJV Translation: He delivereth the poorK3365in his affliction, and openeth their ears in OPPRESSION.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,FAITH,GOD,OPPRESSION
Description: Psalms 9:9
NET Translation: Consequently the Lord provides safety for the oppressed; he provides safety in times of trouble.
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah will be a refugeD3227 to the oppressed one, a refugeD3228 in times of distress.
KJV Translation: The LORD also will be a refugeK3455for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Keywords: DECEIT,FALSEHOOD,MALICE,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,SPEAKING,VANITY
Description: Psalms 10:7
NET Translation: His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.
DARBY Translation: His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and OPPRESSION; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
KJV Translation: His mouth is full of cursing and deceitK3461and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanityK3462.
Keywords: GOD,HEART,HUMILITY,OPPRESSION,ORPHAN,PRAYER,RULERS
Description: Psalms 10:17
NET Translation: Lord, you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer.
DARBY Translation: Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,
KJV Translation: LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepareK3469their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Keywords: CHILDREN,GOD,OPPRESSION,ORPHAN,RULERS
Description: Psalms 10:18
NET Translation: You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.
DARBY Translation: To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the manD3243 of the earth may terrify no more.
KJV Translation: To judge the fatherless and the oppressK3470ed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Keywords: INJUSTICE,OPPRESSION,POOR,RULERS
Description: Psalms 12:5
NET Translation: “Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the Lord. “I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”
DARBY Translation: Because of the OPPRESSION of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set [him] in safety, at whom they puffD3255.
KJV Translation: For the OPPRESSION of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at himK3477.
Keywords: OPPRESSION
Description: Psalms 17:9
NET Translation: Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.
DARBY Translation: From the wicked that destroy me, my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
KJV Translation: From the wicked that oppress meK3491, [from] my deadly enemiesK3492, [who] compass me about.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES
Description: Psalms 42:9
NET Translation: I will pray to God, my high ridge: “Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”
DARBY Translation: I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because ofD3448 the OPPRESSION of the enemy?
KJV Translation: I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the OPPRESSION of the enemy?
Keywords: GOD
Description: Psalms 43:2
NET Translation: For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?
DARBY Translation: For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou cast me off? why go I about mourning because of the OPPRESSION of the enemy?
KJV Translation: For thou [art] the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the OPPRESSION of the enemy?
Keywords: OPPRESSION
Description: Psalms 44:24
NET Translation: Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?
DARBY Translation: Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our OPPRESSION?
KJV Translation: Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our OPPRESSION?
Keywords: ANGER,MALICE
Description: Psalms 55:3
NET Translation: because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.
DARBY Translation: Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the OPPRESSION of the wickedD3528: for they cast iniquityD3529 upon me, and in anger they persecute me.
KJV Translation: Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the OPPRESSION of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
Keywords: MALICE
Description: Psalms 55:11
NET Translation: Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.
DARBY Translation: PerversitiesD3531 are in the midst thereof; and OPPRESSION and deceit depart not from its streetsD3532.
KJV Translation: Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Keywords: DISHONESTY,OPPRESSION,THEFT AND THIEVES
Description: Psalms 62:10
NET Translation: Do not trust in what you can gain by OPPRESSION. Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery. If wealth increases, do not become attached to it.
DARBY Translation: Put not confidence in OPPRESSION, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.
KJV Translation: Trust not in OPPRESSION, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,JUDGE,OPPRESSION,POOR
Description: Psalms 72:4
NET Translation: He will defend the oppressed among the people; he will deliver the children of the poor and crush the oppressor.
DARBY Translation: He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.
KJV Translation: He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Keywords: DECEIT,GOD,JESUS THE CHRIST,OPPRESSION
Description: Psalms 72:14
NET Translation: From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives.
DARBY Translation: He will redeem their souls from OPPRESSION and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
KJV Translation: He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
Keywords: PRIDE
Description: Psalms 73:8
NET Translation: They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.
DARBY Translation: They mock and speak wickedly of OPPRESSION, they speak loftily:
KJV Translation: They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] OPPRESSION: they speak loftily.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,OPPRESSION,POOR
Description: Psalms 74:21
NET Translation: Do not let the afflicted be turned back in shame. Let the oppressed and poor praise your name.
DARBY Translation: Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.
KJV Translation: O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,DEATH,PRAYER
Description: Psalms 88:9
NET Translation: My eyes grow weak because of OPPRESSION. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.
DARBY Translation: Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
KJV Translation: Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,LIFE,LONGEVITY,OLD AGE
Description: Psalms 90:10
NET Translation: The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and OPPRESSION. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.
DARBY Translation: The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanityD3792, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
KJV Translation: The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Keywords: GOD,OPPRESSION
Description: Psalms 103:6
NET Translation: The Lord does what is fair, and executes justice for all the oppressed.
DARBY Translation: Jehovah executeth righteousness and justiceD3860 for all that are oppressed.
KJV Translation: The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
Description: Psalms 107:39
NET Translation: As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.
DARBY Translation: And they are diminished and brought low, through OPPRESSION, adversity, and sorrow:
KJV Translation: Again, they are minished and brought low through OPPRESSION, affliction, and sorrow.
Keywords: CHILDREN,POOR
Description: Psalms 107:41
NET Translation: Yet he protected the needy from OPPRESSION, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.
DARBY Translation: But he secureth the needy one on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like flocks.
KJV Translation: Yet setteth he the poor on high fromK3974affliction, and maketh [him] families like a flock.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,INTEGRITY,OPPRESSION
Description: Psalms 119:121
NET Translation: ע (Ayin). I do what is fair and right. Do not abandon me to my oppressors.
DARBY Translation: AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
KJV Translation: AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,OPPRESSION
Description: Psalms 119:134
NET Translation: Deliver me from oppressive men, so that I can keep your precepts.
DARBY Translation: DeliverD3987 me from the OPPRESSION of man; and I will keep thy precepts.
KJV Translation: Deliver me from the OPPRESSION of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
Keywords: ENVY,OPPRESSION
Description: Proverbs 3:31
NET Translation: Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose any of his ways;
DARBY Translation: Envy not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
KJV Translation: Envy thou not the oppressorK4138, and choose none of his ways.
Keywords: MERCY,OPPRESSION,POOR
Description: Proverbs 14:31
NET Translation: The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.
DARBY Translation: He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that honoureth Him is gracious to the needy.
KJV Translation: He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Keywords: GATES,OPPRESSION,POOR
Description: Proverbs 22:22
NET Translation: Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,
DARBY Translation: Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
KJV Translation: Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 1
Keywords: OPPRESSION,POOR
Description: Proverbs 28:3
NET Translation: A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.
DARBY Translation: A poor manD4426 who oppresseth the helplessD4427 is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
KJV Translation: A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no foodK4352.
Keywords: MALICE,OPPRESSION,POOR
Description: Proverbs 30:14
NET Translation: There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.
DARBY Translation: a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
KJV Translation: [There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
Keywords: INSTRUCTION,LIFE,PHILOSOPHY,AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,OPPRESSION,RULERS
Description: Ecclesiastes 4:1
NET Translation: So I again considered all the OPPRESSION that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.
DARBY Translation: And I returned and saw all the OPPRESSIONs that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, and they had no comforter.
KJV Translation: So I returned, and con sideK4414red all the OPPRESSIONs that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter.
Verse Intro: Problem of OPPRESSION - Earthly Perspective - Better to not be Born
Keywords: INJUSTICE,JUSTICE,OPPRESSION,POOR,RULERS,SIN
Description: Ecclesiastes 5:8
NET Translation: If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!
DARBY Translation: If thou seest the OPPRESSION of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there are higher than they.
KJV Translation: If thou seest the OPPRESSION of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matterK4419: for [he that is] higher than the highest regardeth; and [there be] higher than they.
Verse Intro: The Corruption of Man's Government
Keywords: BRIBERY,JUSTICE,OPPRESSION
Description: Ecclesiastes 7:7
NET Translation: Surely OPPRESSION can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart.
DARBY Translation: Surely OPPRESSION maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart.
KJV Translation: Surely OPPRESSION maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Verse Intro: Wise Men Focus on the End from the Beginning
Keywords: IGNORANCE
Description: Ecclesiastes 8:6
NET Translation: For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the OPPRESSION of the king is severe upon his victim.
DARBY Translation: For to every purpose there is time and mannerD4528. For the misery of man is great upon him;
KJV Translation: Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man [is] great upon him.
Keywords: JUSTICE,OPPRESSION,ORPHAN,POOR,REGENERATION,WIDOW
Description: Isaiah 1:17
NET Translation: Learn to do what is right. Promote justice. Give the oppressed reason to celebrate. Take up the cause of the orphan. Defend the rights of the widow.
DARBY Translation: learn to do well: seek judgment, gladdenD4594 the oppressed, do justice toD4595 the fatherless, plead for the widow.
KJV Translation: Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieveK4514the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Keywords: GOD,RULERS
Description: Isaiah 5:7
NET Translation: Indeed, Israel is the vineyard of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got—disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got—cries for help!
DARBY Translation: For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cryD4629.
KJV Translation: For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plantK4556: and he looked for judgment, but behold OPPRESSIONK4557; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Keywords: AMBITION,COVETOUSNESS,ESTATE,ISAIAH,LAND,MONOPOLY,OPPRESSION,PRIDE,RICHES
Description: Isaiah 5:8
NET Translation: Beware, those who accumulate houses, who also accumulate field after field until there is no land left, and you are the only landowners remaining within the land.
DARBY Translation: Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!
KJV Translation: Woe unto them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there be] no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Verse Intro: Disaster is Coming to Jerusalem from a Far Nation
Keywords: OPPRESSION,COURT,ISAIAH,ORPHAN,POOR,RULERS,WIDOW
Description: Isaiah 10:1
NET Translation: Beware, those who enact unjust policies; those who are always instituting unfair regulations,
DARBY Translation: Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe OPPRESSION,
KJV Translation: Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness [which] they have prescribed;
Keywords: WORD OF GOD
Description: Isaiah 30:12
NET Translation: For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You have rejected this message; you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick, and rely on that kind of behavior.
DARBY Translation: Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Because ye reject this word, and confide in OPPRESSION and wilfulness, and depend thereon,
KJV Translation: Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in OPPRESSIONK4781and perverseness, and stay thereon:
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,BREAD,CHURCH,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,WATER
Description: Isaiah 30:20
NET Translation: The Lord will give you distress to eat and suffering to drink; but your teachers will no longer be hidden; your eyes will see them.
DARBY Translation: And the Lord will give you the bread ofD4861 adversity, and the water ofD4862 OPPRESSION; yet thy teachers shall not be hiddenD4863 any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers.
KJV Translation: And [though] the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of afflictionOPPRESSION." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">K4784, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
Keywords: BLESSING,BRIBERY,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,OPPRESSION,RIGHTEOUS,RIGHTEOUSNESS,TEMPTATION
Description: Isaiah 33:15
NET Translation: The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others—
DARBY Translation: He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of OPPRESSIONs, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shuttethD4891 his eyes from seeing evil:
KJV Translation: He that walketh righteouslyK4816, and speaketh uprightlyK4817; he that despiseth the gain of OPPRESSIONs, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
Keywords: BLESSING,BRIBERY,FORT,GOD,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,OPPRESSION,RIGHTEOUS,TEMPTATION
Description: Isaiah 33:16
NET Translation: this is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.
DARBY Translation: he shall dwell on high, the fortresses of the rocks shall be his high retreat; bread shall be given him, his water shall be sure.
KJV Translation: He shall dwell on highK4820: his place of defence [shall be] the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,CRANE,OPPRESSION,SWALLOW
Description: Isaiah 38:14
NET Translation: Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O Lord, I am oppressed; help me!
DARBY Translation: Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I mourned as a dove; mine eyes failed [with looking] upward: LordD4923, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
KJV Translation: Like a crane [or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for meK4863.
Keywords: OPPRESSION
Description: Isaiah 52:4
NET Translation: For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt; Assyria oppressed them for no good reason.
DARBY Translation: For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and Assyria oppressed them without cause;
KJV Translation: For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
Keywords: QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS
Description: Isaiah 53:8
NET Translation: He was led away after an unjust trial—but who even cared? Indeed, he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the rebellion of his own people he was wounded.
DARBY Translation: He was taken from OPPRESSIOND5057 and from judgment; and who shall declare his generation? for he wasD5058 cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
KJV Translation: He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
Keywords: GOD
Description: Isaiah 54:14
NET Translation: You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. You will not experience OPPRESSION; indeed, you will not be afraid. You will not be terrified, for nothing frightening will come near you.
DARBY Translation: In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from OPPRESSION, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee.
KJV Translation: In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from OPPRESSION; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
Keywords: AFFLICTED,ALMS,BENEFICENCE,BURDEN,DUTY,HOSPITALITY,NEIGHBOR,OPPRESSION,PHILANTHROPY,RIGHTEOUSNESS,RULERS
Description: Isaiah 58:6
NET Translation: No, this is the kind of fast I want: I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke.
DARBY Translation: Is not this the fast which I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to send forth free the crushed, and that ye break every yoke?
KJV Translation: [Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdensK4991, and to let the oppressedK4992go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Keywords: CHARACTER,FALSEHOOD,MALICE,TRUTH
Description: Isaiah 59:4
NET Translation: No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of OPPRESSION and give birth to sin.
DARBY Translation: none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulnessD5092. They trust in vanityD5093, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
KJV Translation: None calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,PRAYER
Description: Isaiah 59:13
NET Translation: We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord; we turned back from following our God. We stir up OPPRESSION and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.
DARBY Translation: in transgressing and lying againstD5099 Jehovah, and departing away fromD5100 our God, speaking OPPRESSION and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
KJV Translation: In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking OPPRESSION and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Keywords: ARMIES
Description: Jeremiah 6:6
NET Translation: All this is because the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has said: ‘Cut down the trees around Jerusalem and build up a siege ramp against its walls. This is the city that is to be punished. Nothing but OPPRESSION happens in it.
DARBY Translation: For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said: Hew ye down trees, and cast a mound against Jerusalem. She is the city to be visitedD5205; she is wholly OPPRESSION in the midst of her.
KJV Translation: For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mountK5087against Jerusalem: this [is] the city to be visited; she [is] wholly OPPRESSION in the midst of her.
Keywords: KING,OPPRESSION,RULERS
Description: Jeremiah 21:12
NET Translation: O royal family descended from David. The Lord says: ‘See to it that people each day are judged fairly. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Otherwise, my wrath will blaze out against you. It will burn like a fire that cannot be put out because of the evil that you have done.
DARBY Translation: House of David, thus saith Jehovah: Judge with justice in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
KJV Translation: O house of David, thus saith the LORD; ExecuteK5190judgment in the morning, and deliver [him that is] spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings.
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,HEART,OPPRESSION
Description: Jeremiah 22:17
NET Translation: But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and OPPRESSION.’”
DARBY Translation: ButD5309 thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortionD5310, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on OPPRESSION and on violence, to do it.
KJV Translation: But thine eyes and thine heart [are] not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for OPPRESSION, and for violenceK5196, to do [it].
Keywords: GOD,NATION,OPPRESSION
Description: Jeremiah 50:34
NET Translation: But the one who will rescue them is strong. His name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. He will strongly champion their cause. As a result he will bring peace and rest to the earth, but trouble and turmoil to the people who inhabit Babylonia.
DARBY Translation: Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
KJV Translation: Their Redeemer [is] strong; the LORD of hosts [is] his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
Keywords: CAPTIVITY,PERSECUTION,SIN
Description: Lamentations 1:3
NET Translation: ג (Gimel). Judah has departed into exile under affliction and harsh OPPRESSION. She lives among the nations; she has found no resting place. All who pursued her overtook her in narrow straits.
DARBY Translation: Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; she dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest: all her pursuers have overtaken her within the straits.
KJV Translation: Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitudeK5418: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
Keywords: MALICE
Description: Ezekiel 18:18
NET Translation: As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.
DARBY Translation: As for his father, because he practised OPPRESSION, exercised robbery upon his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.
KJV Translation: [As for] his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did [that] which [is] not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
Keywords: CHILDREN,OPPRESSION,WIDOW
Description: Ezekiel 22:7
NET Translation: They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.
DARBY Translation: In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by OPPRESSIOND5718 with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
KJV Translation: In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by OPPRESSIONK5617with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Keywords: BRIBERY,COVETOUSNESS,EXTORTION,INTEREST,USURY
Description: Ezekiel 22:12
NET Translation: They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign Lord.
DARBY Translation: In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreachedD5719 thy neighbours by OPPRESSIOND5720, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
KJV Translation: In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Keywords: ALIENS,DISHONESTY,OPPRESSION,POOR,STRANGERS,THEFT AND THIEVES
Description: Ezekiel 22:29
NET Translation: The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the resident foreigner and denied them justice.
DARBY Translation: The people of the land use OPPRESSION and practise robbery; and they vex the poor and needy, and oppress the stranger wrongfully.
KJV Translation: The people of the land have used OPPRESSIONK5626, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfullyK5627.
Keywords: KING,OPPRESSION,RULERS
Description: Ezekiel 45:9
NET Translation: “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.
DARBY Translation: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel! Put away violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice; take off your exactionsD5948 from my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactionsK5843from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
Keywords: LAND
Description: Ezekiel 46:18
NET Translation: The prince will not take away any of the people’s inheritance by oppressively removing them from their property. He will give his sons an inheritance from his own possessions so that my people will not be scattered, each from his own property.’”
DARBY Translation: And the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance, to thrust them by OPPRESSION out of their possession: he shall give his sons an inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every one from his possession.
KJV Translation: Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by OPPRESSION, to thrust them out of their possession; [but] he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
Description: Hosea 8:10
NET Translation: Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will soon gather them together for judgment. Then they will begin to waste away under the OPPRESSION of a mighty king.
DARBY Translation: Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened underD6166 the burden of the king of princesD6167.
KJV Translation: Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrowK6096a little for the burden of the king of princes.
Keywords: ASHDOD,PALACE
Description: Amos 3:9
NET Translation: Make this announcement in the fortresses of Ashdod and in the fortresses in the land of Egypt. Say this: “Gather on the hills around Samaria! Observe the many acts of violence taking place within the city, the oppressive deeds occurring in it.”
DARBY Translation: Publish inD6269 the palaces at Ashdod, and inD6270 the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great uproar in the midst thereof, and the OPPRESSIONs that are within her:
KJV Translation: Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressedOPPRESSIONs." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">K6183in the midst thereof.
Verse Intro: Samaria will Fall in as a Result of Judgment
Keywords: PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,BASHAN,CATTLE,COW,KINE (BOVINE),OPPRESSION,POOR,RULERS
Description: Amos 4:1
NET Translation: Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink!”
DARBY Translation: Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink:
KJV Translation: Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that [are] in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
Verse Intro: Israel did not Return Despite the Lord's Discipline
Keywords: HOUSE,INJUSTICE,JUSTICE,OPPRESSION,POOR,RULERS,STONES,TAX
Description: Amos 5:11
NET Translation: Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.
DARBY Translation: Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasantD6279 vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them.
KJV Translation: Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyardsK6197, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Keywords: BRIBERY,INJUSTICE,JUSTICE,OPPRESSION,POOR,RULERS,SIN
Description: Amos 5:12
NET Translation: Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
DARBY Translation: For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribeD6280, and they turn aside [the right of] the needy in the gate.
KJV Translation: For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribeK6198, and they turn aside the poor in the gate [from their right].
Keywords: OPPRESSION,POOR
Description: Amos 8:4
NET Translation: Listen to this, you who trample the needy and do away with the destitute in the land.
DARBY Translation: Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poorD6297 of the land,
KJV Translation: Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Keywords: LAND,MALICE,MICAH,OPPRESSION,RISING
Description: Micah 2:1
NET Translation: Beware wicked schemers, those who devise calamity as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.
DARBY Translation: Woe to them that devise iniquity and workD6344 evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their handD6345.
KJV Translation: Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Verse Intro: The Stealers of the Inheritance will be the First to Lose It
Keywords: CHARACTER,COVETOUSNESS,LAND,MONOPOLY,OPPRESSION
Description: Micah 2:2
NET Translation: They confiscate the fields they desire and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
DARBY Translation: And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away; and they oppressD6346 a manD6347 and his house, even a manD6348 and his heritage.
KJV Translation: And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppressK6288a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Keywords: AMBITION,COVETOUSNESS,HELL,OPPRESSION,PRIDE,RULERS,WINE
Description: Habakkuk 2:5
NET Translation: Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.
DARBY Translation: And moreover, the wine is treacherous: he is a proud manD6435, and keepeth not at rest, he enlargeth his desireD6436 as Sheol, and he is like death and cannot be satisfied; and he assembleth unto him all nations, and gathereth unto him all peoples.
KJV Translation: Yea alsoK6375, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
Keywords: COMMANDMENTS,KINDNESS,MALICE,OPPRESSION,POOR,RULERS,WIDOW
Description: Zechariah 7:10
NET Translation: You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the resident foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow citizen.’
DARBY Translation: and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
KJV Translation: And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Keywords: ALIENS,CHILDREN,EMPLOYEE,EMPLOYER,GOD,HIRELING,LABOR,MASTER,OPPRESSION,ORPHAN,PERJURY,SERVANT,SORCERY,STRANGERS,WAGES,WIDOW
Description: Malachi 3:5
NET Translation: “I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination; those who commit adultery; those who break promises; and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the resident foreigner and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
DARBY Translation: And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppressD6606 the hired servant in [his] wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right]D6607, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
KJV Translation: And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppressK6545the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Keywords: CHURCH,ECCLESIASTICISM,HYPOCRISY,OPPRESSION,PHARISEES,SATIRE,SCRIBE (S),TEACHERS
Description: Matthew 23:2
NET Translation: “The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
DARBY Translation: saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have set themselves down in Moses' seat:
KJV Translation: Saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:”
Keywords: ISRAEL,OPPRESSION,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS
Description: Acts 7:7
NET Translation: But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,’ said God, ‘and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.’
DARBY Translation: and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will *I* judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and serveD7765 me in this place.
KJV Translation: And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
Keywords: ISRAEL,JUDGE
Description: Acts 13:20
NET Translation: All this took about 450 years. After this he gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
DARBY Translation: And after these things he gave [them] judges till Samuel the prophet, [to the end of] aboutOPPRESSION, whereas it is perfectly clear the Philistine OPPRESSION included both. We have to go on to Mizpeh for the close." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D7823 four hundred and fifty years.
KJV Translation: And after that he gave [unto them] judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
Keywords: OPPRESSION,PERSECUTION,POOR,RICHES,RULERS
Description: James 2:6
NET Translation: But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
DARBY Translation: But *ye* have despised the poor [man]. Do not the rich oppress you, and [do not] *they* drag you before [the] tribunals?
KJV Translation: But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
Keywords: DISHONESTY,EMPLOYEE,EMPLOYER,LABOR,MASTER,OPPRESSION,POOR,SERVANT,WAGES
Description: James 5:4
NET Translation: Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
DARBY Translation: Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of [the] Lord of sabaothD9210.
KJV Translation: Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.