Matthew Henry · Verse 24
Here is the wickedness of those who think it no sin to rob their parents, by wheedling them or threatening them, or by wasting what they have, and running into debt.
Proverbs 28:24
Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, “It’s not wrong.” He is a partner with a destroyer.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,” is a partner with a destroyer.
BSB
He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.
KJV
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
ASV
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, The same is the companion of a destroyer.
BBE
He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.
Original Hebrew
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גּוֹזֵל
go·zel
[one who] robs
H1497
אָבִיו
'a·viv
father his
H1
וְאִמּוֹ
ve·'i·mo
and mother his
H517
וְאֹמֵר
ve·'o·mer
and [one who] says
H559
אֵין־
'ein-
there not
H369
פָּשַׁע
pa·sha'
[is] a transgression
H6588
חָבֵר
cha·ver
[is] a companion
H2270
הוּא
hu'
he
H1931
לְאִישׁ
le·'ish
of a person of
H376
מַשְׁחִית
mash·chit
destruction
H7843
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