Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
There is he who makes himself rich, yet has nothing, [and] he who makes himself poor, yet [has] 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.
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.
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 guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner. 7 There is he who makes himself rich, yet has nothing, [and] he who makes himself poor, yet [has] great wealth. 8 The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hears no threatening.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:10-11
We are foolish for the sake of Christ, but ye are wise in Christ. We are weak, but ye are strong. Ye are esteemed, but we are disreputable.
2 Corinthians 6:10
as grieving, but always rejoicing; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Revelation 3:17
Because thou say, I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing, and do not know that thou are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.
Proverbs 11:24
There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.
Proverbs 12:9
Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.
Proverbs 13:11
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.
Ecclesiastes 11:1-2
Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall find it after many days.
Luke 12:21
So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.
Luke 12:33
Sell things possessed by you, and give charity. Make for yourselves purses not becoming old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where no thief approaches, nor moth corrupts.
Luke 18:11-14
Having stood by himself, the Pharisee prayed these things: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, predatory, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
1 Corinthians 4:8
Already ye are filled. Already ye have become rich. Ye reigned without us, and O that ye did indeed reign, so that we also might reign with you.
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power may be of God and not from us,
James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?
2 Peter 2:19
promising them freedom, while they themselves are bondmen of corruption, for by what any man has been overcome, of this he has also been enslaved.
Revelation 2:9
I know thy works and tribulation and poverty (but thou are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say themselves to be Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.