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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.
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: Ahaz, King, Oppression, Syria
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: Son
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: 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 poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in Oppression.
Keywords: Deceit, Sing, Tongue
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 deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.
Keywords: Oppression
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 puff.
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 him.
Keywords: God, Oppression
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 of 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, Oppression
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: Test
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: Hate, Oppression, Wrath
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 wicked: for they cast iniquity 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: Art, Deceit, Guile
Description: Psalms 55:11
NET Translation: Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.
DARBY Translation: Perversities are in the midst thereof; and Oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.
KJV Translation: Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Keywords: Art, Heart, Riches, Trust
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: Blood, Deceit, Precious, Redeem, Soul
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.
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: Called, Eye, Son
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: Son, Strength, Years
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 vanity, 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.
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: 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 from affliction, and maketh [him] families like a flock.
Keywords: Deliver, Oppression
Description: Psalms 119:134
NET Translation: Deliver me from oppressive men, so that I can keep your precepts.
DARBY Translation: Deliver 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.
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 considered 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.
Keywords: Judgment, Justice, Oppression
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 matter: for [he that is] higher than the highest regardeth; and [there be] higher than they.
Keywords: Gift, Man, Oppression, Wise
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.
Keywords: Man, Purpose, Time
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 manner. 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: Judah, Vineyard
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 cry.
KJV Translation: For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold Oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Keywords: Decree, Righteous, Woe
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: Oppression, Trust
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 Oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
Keywords: Bread, 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 of adversity, and the water of Oppression; yet thy teachers shall not be hidden 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 affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
Keywords: Earing
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 shutteth his eyes from seeing evil:
KJV Translation: He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; 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: Prison, Son, Transgression
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 Oppression 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.
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: Ear, Halt
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: Trust
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 truthfulness. They trust in vanity, 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: Art, Heart, King, Lying, Oppression, Sing
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 against Jehovah, and departing away from 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: Oppression
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 visited; 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 mount against Jerusalem: this [is] the city to be visited; she [is] wholly Oppression in the midst of her.
Keywords: Art, Heart
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: But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, 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 violence, to do [it].
Keywords: Captivity, Judah
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 servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
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: Fatherless, Light, Oppression
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 Oppression 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 Oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Keywords: 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 overreached thy neighbours by Oppression, 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: Anger, Poor, Stranger
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 Oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Keywords: Inheritance, Man
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.
Keywords: Hough, King
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 under the burden of the king of princes.
KJV Translation: Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
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 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 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 oppressed in the midst thereof.