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Douay-Rheims
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A poor man that oppresseth the poor, is like a violent shower, which bringeth a famine.
King James
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A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Louis Second
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Un homme pauvre qui opprime les misérables Est une pluie violente qui fait manquer le pain
Martin Luther
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Ein armer Mann, der die Geringen beleidigt, ist wie ein Meltau, der die Frucht verderbt.
Vulgate
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vir pauper calumnians pauperes similis imbri vehementi in quo paratur fames

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


vir : man, hero, man of courage.
pauper : poor, with few means, poverty-stricken.
pauper : beggar, person without means.
similis : like, similar, resembling.
similis : similar, like, resembling.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
quo : to which place, to what place, whither, where.
quo : (neut. sing. abl.) (the eagerness) THROUGH WHICH he died.
quo : (masc. sing. abl.) (the money) BY means of WHICH he lived.
fames : famine, hunger.