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Bible in Basic English

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

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.

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.

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 The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades. 17 The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth. 18 The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

Cross References

Proverbs 23:21

For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed

Proverbs 5:10-11

And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;

Proverbs 21:20

There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

Luke 15:13-16

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.

Luke 16:24-25

And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

1 Timothy 5:6

But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she is living.

2 Timothy 3:4

False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;

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