Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The
King James Version
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Holman Bible
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.
International Standard Version
The rich hide within the fortress that is their wealth, but the poor are dismayed due to their poverty.
A Conservative Version
The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
American Standard Version
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Amplified
The rich man’s wealth is his fortress;
The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
Bible in Basic English
The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.
Darby Translation
The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Julia Smith Translation
The wealth of the rich his strong city: the destruction of the poor their poverty.
King James 2000
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.
Modern King James verseion
The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The rich man's goods are his stronghold; but poverty oppresseth the poor.
NET Bible
The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.
New Heart English Bible
The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The Emphasized Bible
The substance of the rich, is his strong city, the terror of the poor, is their poverty.
Webster
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
World English Bible
The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Youngs Literal Translation
The wealth of the rich is his strong city, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 10:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Concerning The Mouth
14
Wise men preserve knowledge. The mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
15
The
Cross References
Proverbs 18:11
The rich man's wealth is his strong city. It is his high wall of vanity.
Psalm 52:7
Here is the man who did not make God his strength (refuge) (stronghold). He trusted in the abundance of his riches. He strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Proverbs 19:7
The brothers of the poor hate him. His friends leave him. He pursues them with words but they do not listen!
Mark 10:24
The disciples were amazed at his words. Jesus repeated it again: Children, it is hard to enter into the kingdom of God!
Job 31:24-25
If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence,
Psalm 49:6
They trust their riches and brag about their abundant wealth.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor is hated by his neighbor, but the rich have many friends.
Proverbs 22:22-23
Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate.
Ecclesiastes 7:12
Wisdom is a shelter just as money is a shelter. The advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives lift to those who have it.
Jeremiah 9:23
This is what Jehovah says: Do not let wise people brag about their wisdom. Do not let strong people brag about their strength. Do not let rich people brag about their riches.
Micah 2:1-2
Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands).
Luke 12:19
I will say to my self: 'You have many possessions saved for many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.'
1 Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich in this present system not to be high-minded (arrogant), not to have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.