Parallel Verses

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.

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

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 Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but sin overthrows the wicked. 7 There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing;
Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.
8 The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man hears no threat.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:10-11

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

Revelation 3:17

For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.

Proverbs 11:24

One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

Proverbs 12:9

Better to be lowly and have a servant than to play the great man and lack bread.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

Ecclesiastes 11:1-2

Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

Luke 12:21

So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

Luke 18:11-14

The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayedthus: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

1 Corinthians 4:8

Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you!

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.

Revelation 2:9

"'I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

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