SEV Biblia, Chapter 22:22
¶ No robes al pobre, porque es pobre, ni quebrantes en el juicio al necesitado;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 22:22
Verse 22. Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate ] In judgment let the poor have a fair hearing; and let him not be borne down because he is poor. The reader has often seen that courts of justice were held at the gates of cities in the East.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 22. Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor , etc.] And cannot help himself; cannot go to law with him that has injured him, and defend his own cause; which the other knowing, is the more emboldened to spoil and defraud him, which is an aggravation of his sin: or, “for he is poor” f610 ; to rob any man is an evil and an injurious thing; but to rob the poor is cruel and barbarous; rather something should be given them, and not anything taken from them: or, “though he is poor” f611 ; let not that be an inducement to injure him, but the contrary; neither oppress the afflicted in the gate ; or “the poor” f612 ; the same as before, only a different word used: when he comes into a court of judicature, which was usually held in the gates of a city, ( Ruth 4:1,2); and applies for redress of any grievance, do not crush him in the gate, or oppress him in judgment; nor wrest his cause, and do him wrong; but let him have justice done him, though poor. Some understand this of using the poor ill, when they come to their gates to beg; which sense is favoured by the Septuagint version; but the former is best. One might have expected, after such a preface or introduction as in the preceding verses, that something of more importance, something more spiritual and evangelical, would have followed: this shows the great regard the Lord has to the poor, and how much they are on his mind, and how near they lie to his heart; especially the poor of the flock, worried and spoiled by antichrist; (see Zechariah 11:7,11).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 22, 23 - He that robs and oppresses the poor, does so at his peril. And if me will not appear for them, God will.
Original Hebrew
אל 408 תגזל 1497 דל 1800 כי 3588 דל 1800 הוא 1931 ואל 408 תדכא 1792 עני 6041 בשׁער׃ 8179
