Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

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

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 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 the perfect of way, but wickedness subverts a sin-offering. 7 There are those who act rich, yet have nothing; and those who act poor, yet have great riches. 8 The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor does not hear rebuke.

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 honorable, but we are despised.

2 Corinthians 6:10

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

Revelation 3:17

Because you say, I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing, and do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,

Proverbs 11:24

There is one who scatters and yet increases; but one who withholds just due comes only to poverty.

Proverbs 12:9

Better is one despised, and having a servant, than he honoring himself and lacks bread.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be taken away, but he who gathers by hand shall increase.

Ecclesiastes 11:1-2

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

Luke 12:21

So is he who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

Luke 12:33

Sell what you have and give alms. Make for yourselves purses which do not become old, an unfailing treasure in Heaven, where no thief comes nor moth corrupts.

Luke 18:11-14

The Pharisee stood and prayed within himself in this way: God, I thank You that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax-collector.

1 Corinthians 4:8

Already you are full! Already you are rich! You have reigned as kings without us! And oh that indeed you did reign, 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 of us;

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?

2 Peter 2:19

promising them liberty, they themselves are the slaves of corruption. For by whom anyone has been overcome, even to this one he has been enslaved.

Revelation 2:9

I know your works and tribulation and poverty (but you are rich), and I know the blasphemy of those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

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