29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,(A)
    nor will his possessions spread over the land.(B)

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29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

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10 His children(A) must make amends to the poor;
    his own hands must give back his wealth.(B)

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10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

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17 what he lays up(A) the righteous will wear,(B)
    and the innocent will divide his silver.(C)

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17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

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16 Do not be overawed when others grow rich,
    when the splendor of their houses increases;
17 for they will take nothing(A) with them when they die,
    their splendor will not descend with them.(B)

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16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

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22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,
    but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)

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22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

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Whoever increases wealth by taking interest(A) or profit from the poor
    amasses it for another,(B) who will be kind to the poor.(C)

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He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

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26 To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom,(A) knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth(B) to hand it over to the one who pleases God.(C) This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

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26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Their land is full of silver and gold;(A)
    there is no end to their treasures.(B)
Their land is full of horses;(C)
    there is no end to their chariots.(D)

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Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:

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11 Wail,(A) you who live in the market district[a];
    all your merchants will be wiped out,
    all who trade with[b] silver will be destroyed.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:11 Or the Mortar
  2. Zephaniah 1:11 Or in

11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

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