His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. Treasury of Scripture His children, etc. or, The poor shall oppress his children Proverbs 28:3 A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food. seek Psalm 109:10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. his hands Job 20:18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be... Exodus 12:36 And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent to them such things as they required... Exodus 22:1,3 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep... Exodus 9:2 For if you refuse to let them go, and will hold them still, 2 Samuel 12:6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. Proverbs 6:31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. Luke 19:8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor...
Context Zophar: Triumph of the Wicked is Short
1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer. 4Know you not this of old, since man was placed on earth, 5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds; 7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? 8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yes, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 9The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. 10His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. 11His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 13Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: 14Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. 15He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. 16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. 17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. 18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 19Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away an house which he built not; 20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. 21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. 22In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come on him. 23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath on him, and shall rain it on him while he is eating. 24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yes, the glittering sword comes out of his gall: terrors are on him. 26All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. 28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. 29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render him his sorrow.
Darby Bible Translation
His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands restore his wealth.
King James Bible
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
Young's Literal Translation
His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth.
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