Protestantism
English
Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,
Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle,
Hear this, O ye who would swallow up a needy man, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Hear this, O you that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,
Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
Hear this, O ye that would swallow the needy, and destroy the poor of the land,
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, and cut off the poor of the land,
¶ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Hear this, those who trample on the poor and who annihilate the afflicted of the land,
Hear this, you who swallow up the poor, even to make the humble of the land to cease,
Hear this, you who trample the poor, even to make the humble of the land to fail,
Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Hear this, ye that pant to oppress the needy, And to destroy the poor of the land.
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Hear this, ye who pant after the needy, and to make an end of the oppressed of the land:
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Hear this, O all of you that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Catholicism
English
Hear this, you who crush the poor and who make those in need of land to do without.1
- 8:4An alternate translation would be ‘the needy of the land.’ But this translation is less convincing than ‘those in need of (or destitute of) land,’ because adding ‘of the land’ to ‘the needy’ does not add nearly as much meaning as ‘those in need of land.’(Conte)