Job 20:10
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. {His children...: or, The poor shall oppress his children}
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That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow {it} down: according to {his} substance {shall} the restitution {be}, and he shall not rejoice {therein}. {his...: Heb. the substance of his exchange}
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore {him} fourfold.
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
A poor man that oppresseth the poor {is like} a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. {which...: Heb. without food}
For if thou refuse to let {them} go, and wilt hold them still,
And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them {such things as they required}. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek {their bread} also out of their desolate places.
And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
If the sun be risen upon him, {there shall be} blood {shed} for him; {for} he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
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. {or a sheep: or, or a goat}
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither {is there} any to deliver {them}.
But {if} he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow {it} down: according to {his} substance {shall} the restitution {be}, and he shall not rejoice {therein}. {his...: Heb. the substance of his exchange}
If his children be multiplied, {it is} for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
The increase of his house shall depart, {and his goods} shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.