Proverbs 28:3

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For the transgression of a land many [are] the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding [and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.	A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.	They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A poor^H7326 man^H1397 that oppresseth^H6231 the poor^H1800 is like a sweeping^H5502 rain^H4306 which leaveth no food^H3899.

Original Hebrew

גֶּבֶר רָשׁ וְעֹשֵׁק דַּלִּים מָטָר סֹחֵף וְאֵין לָחֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
גֶּ֣בֶר	Ge.ver	H1397	HNcmsa	a man
רָ֭שׁ	rash	H7326	HVqrmsa	poor
וְ/עֹשֵׁ֣ק	ve./'o.Shek	H6231	HC/Vqrmsa	and/ (who) oppresses
דַּלִּ֑ים	da.Lim	H1800	HAampa	poor (people)
מָטָ֥ר	ma.Tar	H4306	HNcmsa	rain
סֹ֝חֵ֗ף	so.Chef	H5502	HVqrmsa	(which) washes away
וְ/אֵ֣ין	ve./'Ein	H369	HC/Tn	and/ there not
לָֽחֶם	La.chem	H3899	HNcbsa	(is) food

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H1397 — גֶּבֶר (geber, gheh'-ber): from גָּבַר; properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply; every one, man, [idiom] mighty.
H1800 — דַּל (dal, dal): from דָּלַל; properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin; lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
H3899 — לֶחֶם (lechem, lekh'-em): from לָחַם; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
H4306 — מָטַר (mâṭar, maw-tawr'): from מָטַר; rain; rain.
H5502 — סָחַף (çâchaph, saw-khaf'): a primitive root; to scrape off; sweep (away).
H6231 — עָשַׁק (ʻâshaq, aw-shak'): a primitive root (compare עָשַׂק); to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow; get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), -or), do violence (wrong).
H7326 — רוּשׁ (rûwsh, roosh): a primitive root; to be destitute; lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.

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