13 (A)You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. (B)The wages of a hired worker are not to remain with you all night until morning.

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13 “‘Do not defraud or rob(A) your neighbor.(B)

“‘Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker(C) overnight.(D)

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Messages about the Kings

13 “Woe to him who builds his house (A)without righteousness,
And his upstairs rooms without justice,
Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay
And (B)does not give him his wages,

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13 “Woe(A) to him who builds(B) his palace by unrighteousness,
    his upper rooms by injustice,
making his own people work for nothing,
    not paying(C) them for their labor.

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Behold, (A)the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and (B)the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of (C)the Lord [a]of armies.

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:4 Gr sabaoth, for Heb tsebaoth

Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers(A) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries(B) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.(C)

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