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Amplified


He who loves [only selfish] pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves and is devoted to wine and [olive] oil will not become rich.

New American Standard Bible

He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

King James Version

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Holman Bible

The one who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.

International Standard Version

Pleasure lovers become poor; loving wine and oil doesn't bring riches.

A Conservative Version

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

American Standard Version

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Bible in Basic English

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

Darby Translation

He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Julia Smith Translation

A man of poverty loving joy: he loving wine and oil shall not be rich.

King James 2000

He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A man of want [is] he who loves pleasure; he who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

Modern King James verseion

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He that hath pleasure in banquets, shall be a poor man; Whoso delighteth in wine and delicates, shall not be rich.

NET Bible

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

New Heart English Bible

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

The Emphasized Bible

A needy man, shall he be that loveth merriment, the lover of wine and oil, shall not become rich.

Webster

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

World English Bible

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

Youngs Literal Translation

Whoso is loving mirth is a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אהב אהב 
'ahab 
Usage: 212

שׂמחה 
Simchah 
Usage: 93

shall be a poor
מחסר מחסור 
Machcowr 
Usage: 13

man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

אהב אהב 
'ahab 
Usage: 212

יין 
Yayin 
Usage: 140

and oil
שׁמן 
Shemen 
Usage: 193

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

16
A man who wanders from the way of understanding (godly wisdom)
Will remain in the assembly of the dead.
17 
He who loves [only selfish] pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves and is devoted to wine and [olive] oil will not become rich.
18
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].

Cross References

Proverbs 23:21


For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And the drowsiness [of overindulgence] will clothe one with rags.

Proverbs 5:10-11


And strangers will be filled with your strength
And your hard-earned wealth will go to the house of a foreigner [who does not know God];

Proverbs 21:20


There is precious treasure and oil in the house of the wise [who prepare for the future],
But a short-sighted and foolish man swallows it up and wastes it.

Luke 15:13-16

A few days later, the younger son gathered together everything [that he had] and traveled to a distant country, and there he wasted his fortune in reckless and immoral living.

Luke 16:24-25

And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in severe agony in this flame.’

1 Timothy 5:6

Whereas she who lives for pleasure and self-indulgence is spiritually dead even while she still lives.

2 Timothy 3:4

traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of [sensual] pleasure rather than lovers of God,

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