Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly.
New American Standard Bible
But the
King James Version
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
Holman Bible
but the rich one answers roughly.
International Standard Version
The poor person pleads for mercy, but the wealthy man responds harshly.
A Conservative Version
A poor man uses entreaties, but a rich man answers roughly.
American Standard Version
The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.
Amplified
The poor man pleads,
But the rich man answers roughly.
Bible in Basic English
The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.
Julia Smith Translation
The poor one will speak supplications; and the rich one will answer with vehemence.
King James 2000
The poor uses entreaties; but the rich answers roughly.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The poor may speak entreaties, but the rich will answer roughly.
Modern King James verseion
The poor speaks humble requests, but the rich answers roughly.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The poor maketh supplication and prayeth meekly; but the rich giveth a rough answer.
NET Bible
A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.
New Heart English Bible
The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
The Emphasized Bible
Supplications, doth the poor man utter, but, the rich, answereth fiercely.
Webster
The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
World English Bible
The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
Youngs Literal Translation
With supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 18:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness
22 Whoso hath found a wife hath found a good thing, and hath obtained favour from Jehovah. 23 He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly. 24 A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Cross References
James 2:3
and ye look upon him who wears the splendid apparel, and say, Do thou sit here well, and say to the poor, Do thou stand there, or sit here under my footstool:
Genesis 42:7
And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.
Genesis 42:30
The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.
Exodus 5:2
And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, to whose voice I am to hearken to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.
Ruth 2:7
and she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers. And she came, and has continued from the morning until now: her sitting in the house has been little as yet.
1 Samuel 2:36
And it shall come to pass that every one that is left of thy house shall come to crouch to him for a small piece of silver and for a cake of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priestly offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
1 Samuel 25:10
And Nabal answered David's servants and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.
1 Samuel 25:17
And now know and consider what thou wilt do, for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household; and he is such a son of Belial, that one cannot speak to him.
2 Kings 4:1-2
And a woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant feared Jehovah; and the creditor is come to take my two children to be bondmen.
Isaiah 66:2
Even all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look: to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and who trembleth at my word.
Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
James 1:9-11
But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation,
James 2:6
But ye have despised the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do not they drag you before the tribunals?