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Proverbs 29

Prov. 29:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The poor
ruwsh (Hebrew #7326)
to be destitute
KJV usage: lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).
Pronounce: roosh
Origin: a primitive root
and the νdeceitful
takak (Hebrew #8501)
from an unused root meaning to dissever, i.e. crush
KJV usage: deceitful.
Pronounce: taw-kawk'
man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
meet together
pagash (Hebrew #6298)
to come in contact with, whether by accident or violence; figuratively, to concur
KJV usage: meet (with, together).
Pronounce: paw-gash'
Origin: a primitive root
: the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
n lighteneth
'owr (Hebrew #215)
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
KJV usage: X break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: a primitive root
both
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
their eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
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or, usurer,
Matt. 9:9• 9And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. (Matt. 9:9)
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1 Cor. 6:10• 10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor. 6:10)
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Eph. 2:1• 1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; (Eph. 2:1)

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the deceitful man.
or, the usurer.
Matt. 9:9• 9And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. (Matt. 9:9)
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1 Cor. 6:10• 10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor. 6:10)
meet.
Prov. 22:2• 2The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all. (Prov. 22:2)
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Ex. 22:25‑26• 25If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
 26If thou at all take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: (Ex. 22:25‑26)
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Lev. 25:35‑37• 35And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
 36Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
 37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. (Lev. 25:35‑37)
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Neh. 5:5‑7• 5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
 6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
 7Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. (Neh. 5:5‑7)
Lord.
Psa. 13:3• 3Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; (Psa. 13:3)
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Matt. 5:45• 45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. (Matt. 5:45)
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Eph. 2:1• 1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; (Eph. 2:1)
• (Matt. 5:45). His eye is over all His works, and He notes the need as well as the behavior of all His creatures. He makes the eyes of the poor and those who lord it over them alike to sparkle with life and intelligence. (“Proverbs Twenty-Nine” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The indigenti and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lightenethk the eyes of them both.

JND Translation Notes

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As ch. 22.2.
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Or "brighteneth."