Proverbs Chapter 29 verse 13 Holy Bible
The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.
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The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.
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The indigent and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.
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The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
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The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.
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The poor and the man of frauds have met together, Jehovah is enlightening the eyes of them both.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - A variation of Proverbs 22:2. The deceitful man. This makes no contrast with the poor. "The man of oppressions" (tekakim) is the usurer, from whom the poor suffer most wrong and cruelty. The needy man and the rich lender are thrown together in social life. St. Jerome calls them pauper et creditor. Septuagint, "When the creditor and debtor meet together, the Lord maketh inspection (ἐπσκοπὴν) of both." The Lord lighteneth both their eyes. Both rich and poor, the oppressor and the oppressed, owe their light and life to God; he makes the sun to rise on the evil and on the good; he sends rain on the just and the unjust; he is the Father, Ruler, and Judge of all. Here is comfort for the poor, that he has a tender Father who watches over him; here is a warning for the rich, that he will have to give an account of his stewardship. The former proverb spoke only generally of God being the Maker of both (comp. Psalm 13:8; Ecclesiastes 11:7).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) The poor and the deceitful man (rather, oppressor) meet together.--A variation of Proverbs 22:2, on which see note.The Lord lighteneth both their eyes.--Enlightens the eyes of both with the light of life (Psalm 13:4). To Him each owes life, so the one may remember that life with its sorrows will have an end, and the other, that He will take stern vengeance for oppression.
