Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Many will seek favor before the generous, and everyone [is] the friend of a man of gifts.
New American Standard Bible
And every man is a friend to him who
King James Version
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
Holman Bible
and everyone is a friend of one who gives gifts.
International Standard Version
Many curry favor of an official; everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
A Conservative Version
Many will entreat the favor of a generous man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.
American Standard Version
Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
Amplified
Many will seek the favor of a generous and noble man,
And everyone is a friend to him who gives gifts.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
Many court the favour of a noble; and every one is friend to a man that giveth.
Julia Smith Translation
Many will wait for the face of the prince, and every one the friend to the man giving.
King James 2000
Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that gives gifts.
Modern King James verseion
Many will beg the favor of a ruler, and all are friends to a man who gives gifts.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The multitude hangeth upon great men; and every man favoureth him that giveth rewards.
NET Bible
Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts.
New Heart English Bible
Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
The Emphasized Bible
Many, will entreat the favour of a noble, and, every one, is a friend to a man abounding in gifts.
Webster
Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
World English Bible
Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
Youngs Literal Translation
Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 19:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness
5 A witness of falsehood will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will not escape. 6 Many will seek favor before the generous, and everyone [is] the friend of a man of gifts. 7 All the brothers of the poor, [if] they hate him, how much more will his friends keep away from him. He pursues [them with] words, [and] they are gone.
Cross References
Proverbs 17:8
The bribe [is] a stone of magic in the eyes of its owner; {everywhere} he will turn, he will prosper.
Proverbs 18:16
The gift of a person will open doors for him, and before the great, it gives him access.
Proverbs 29:26
Many are those who seek the {favor} of a ruler, but from Yahweh {one obtains justice}.
Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret will avert {anger}, and a {concealed bribe}, strong wrath.
Genesis 32:20
And moreover, you shall say, 'Look, your servant Jacob [is] behind us.'" For he thought, "{Let me appease him} with the gift going before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will {show me favor}."
Genesis 42:6
Now Joseph was the governor over the land. He [was] the one who sold [food] to all the people of the land. And the brothers of Joseph came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
Genesis 43:15
So the men took this gift, and they took double money in their hands, and Benjamin, and they rose up and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
2 Samuel 19:19-39
and he said to the king, "May not my lord hold me guilty, and may you not remember how your servant did wrong on the day that my lord the king went out from Jerusalem, by taking it to heart!
Job 29:24-25
I smiled for them [when] they had no confidence [in anything], and they did not extinguish the light of my face.
Psalm 45:12
Even the daughter of Tyre [will come] with a gift. [The] rich from among people will seek your {favor}.
Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the face of the king [there is] life, and his favor [is] like a cloud of spring rain.
Proverbs 19:12
The rage of a king growls like a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Matthew 2:11
And [when they] came into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down [and] worshiped him. And opening their treasure boxes, they offered him gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Romans 6:23
For the compensation due sin [is] death, but the gift of God [is] eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.