Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

There is he making himself rich, and not anything: making himself poor, and much wealth.

New American Standard Bible

There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing;
Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.

King James Version

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

Holman Bible

One man pretends to be rich but has nothing;
another pretends to be poor but has great wealth.

International Standard Version

One person pretends to be wealthy, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet is rich.

A Conservative Version

There is he who makes himself rich, yet has nothing, [and] he who makes himself poor, yet [has] great wealth.

American Standard Version

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

Amplified


There is one who pretends to be rich, yet has nothing at all;
Another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Bible in Basic English

A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

Darby Translation

There is that feigneth himself rich, and hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, and hath great wealth.

King James 2000

There is one that makes himself rich, yet has nothing: there is one that makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

Lexham Expanded Bible

There is one who acts rich but {has nothing}; another who pretends to be poor but [has] wealth.

Modern King James verseion

There are those who act rich, yet have nothing; and those who act poor, yet have great riches.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Some men are rich, though they have nothing; again, some men are poor having great riches.

NET Bible

There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

New Heart English Bible

There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

The Emphasized Bible

There is who feigneth himself rich, yet hath nothing at all, who pleadeth poverty, yet hath great substance.

Webster

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

World English Bible

There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

Youngs Literal Translation

There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth is abundant.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
There is
ישׁ 
Yesh 
is, be, have, there,
Usage: 135

עשׁר 
`ashar 
Usage: 17

רוּשׁ 
Ruwsh 
Usage: 24

Context Readings

A Wise Son Lives Righteously

6 Justice will guard the blameless of way: and injustice shall overthrow the sinning. 7 There is he making himself rich, and not anything: making himself poor, and much wealth. 8 The expiating of a man's soul is his riches: and the poor will not hear rebuke.



Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:10-11

We foolish for Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we weak, and ye strong; ye honourable, and we dishonoured

2 Corinthians 6:10

As being grieved, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

Revelation 3:17

For thou sayest, That I am rich, and have abounded, and have need of nothing; and thou knowest not that thou art wretched, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked;

Proverbs 11:24

There is scattering and yet adding; and the withholding more than right, only to want

Proverbs 12:9

He is good being despised, and a servant to him above him, honoring himself, and wanting bread.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth from vanity shall be diminished: and he gathering with the hand, shall increase.

Ecclesiastes 11:1-2

Send forth thy bread upon the face of the waters, for in a multitude of days thou shalt find it

Luke 12:21

So he treasuring up for himself, and not rich toward God.

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions, and give alms; make to yourselves purses not growing old, an inexhaustible treasure in the heavens, where the thief approaches not, nor moth corrupts.

Luke 18:11-14

The Pharisee having stood, prayed these to himself, O God, I return thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or also as this publican.

1 Corinthians 4:8

Already were ye satisfied, already were ye rich, without us ye reigned; and I would ye also reigned, that we also might reign together with you.

2 Corinthians 4:7

And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the eminence of power be of God, and not of us.

James 2:5

Hear, my dearly beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the beggars of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them loving him?

2 Peter 2:19

Promising them liberty, they being servants of corruption: for by whom any is conquered, by him has he been made to serve.

Revelation 2:9

I know thy works, and pressure, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and the blasphemy of them saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but the synagogue of the adversary.

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