Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.

New American Standard Bible

Wealth adds many friends,
But a poor man is separated from his friend.

King James Version

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

Holman Bible

Wealth attracts many friends,
but a poor man is separated from his friend.

International Standard Version

Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

A Conservative Version

Wealth adds many friends, but a poor man is separated from his friend.

American Standard Version

Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.

Amplified


Wealth makes many friends,
But a poor man is separated from his friend.

Darby Translation

Wealth addeth many friends; but the poor is separated from his friend.

Julia Smith Translation

Wealth will add many friends; and the poor one will be separated from his neighbor.

King James 2000

Wealth makes many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor will be left by his friends.

Modern King James verseion

Wealth makes many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Riches make many friends; but the poor is forsaken of his own friends.

NET Bible

Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

New Heart English Bible

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

The Emphasized Bible

Wealth, addeth many friends, but, the poor man, from his own friend, is parted.

Webster

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

World English Bible

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

Youngs Literal Translation

Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
הון 
Hown 
Usage: 26

יסף 
Yacaph 
Usage: 208

רב 
Rab 
Usage: 458

but the poor
דּל 
Dal 
Usage: 48

Context Readings

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord. 4 Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend. 5 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.



Cross References

Proverbs 14:20

The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

Job 6:15-23

My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:

Job 19:13-17

He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.

Proverbs 10:15

The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

Proverbs 19:6-7

Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.

Luke 15:13-15

And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

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