Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
There is that feigneth himself rich, and hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, and hath great wealth.
New American Standard Bible
Another
King James Version
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
Holman Bible
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.
Julia Smith Translation
There is he making himself rich, and not anything: making himself poor, and much 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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 13:7
Prayers for Proverbs 13:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wise Son Lives Righteously
6 Righteousness preserveth him that is perfect in the way; but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. 7 There is that feigneth himself rich, and hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, and hath great wealth. 8 The ransom of a man's life is his riches; but the indigent heareth not rebuke.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:10-11
We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye prudent in Christ: we weak, but ye strong: ye glorious, but we in dishonour.
2 Corinthians 6:10
as grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.
Revelation 3:17
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;
Proverbs 11:24
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but it tendeth only to want.
Proverbs 12:9
Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Proverbs 13:11
Wealth gotten by vanity diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase it.
Ecclesiastes 11:1-2
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
Luke 12:21
Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Luke 12:33
Sell what ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.
Luke 18:11-14
The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer.
1 Corinthians 4:8
Already ye are filled; already ye have been enriched; ye have reigned without us; and I would that ye reigned, that we also might reign with you.
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be of God, and not from us:
James 2:5
Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him?
2 Peter 2:19
promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery.
Revelation 2:9
I know thy tribulation and thy poverty; but thou art rich; and the railing of those who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but a synagogue of Satan.