Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.
King James Version
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Holman Bible
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.
International Standard Version
The wealthy rule over the poor, and anyone who borrows is a slave to the lender.
A Conservative Version
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
American Standard Version
The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Amplified
The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Bible in Basic English
The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.
Darby Translation
The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Julia Smith Translation
The rich one will rule over the poor, and he borrowing, a servant to the man lending.
King James 2000
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The rich will rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave of {the lender}.
Modern King James verseion
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The rich ruleth the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.
NET Bible
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
New Heart English Bible
The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
The Emphasized Bible
The rich, over the poor, beareth rule, - and, slave, is the borrower to the lender.
Webster
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
World English Bible
The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
Youngs Literal Translation
The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant is the borrower to the lender.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 22:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
6
Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
7
And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.
Phrases
Cross References
James 2:6
You have dishonored the poor man. Do the rich oppress you, and personally drag you into court?
Proverbs 18:23
The poor man requests and the rich man answers out of greed.
2 Kings 4:1
The widow of a member of a group of prophets said to Elisha: My husband has died! As you know, he was a man who respected God. A man to whom he owed money came to take away my two sons as slaves in payment for my husband's debt.
Nehemiah 5:4-5
Yet others said: We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.
Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker. He who honors his Maker has mercy for the poor.
Proverbs 22:16
He who gets ahead by oppressing the poor and giving to the rich will certainly suffer loss.
Proverbs 22:22
Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate.
Isaiah 24:2
The people will be like the one officiating, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor.
Amos 2:6
Jehovah said: I will not withdraw punishment for (three sins of Israel, even for four) the many transgressions of Israel! They sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes.
Amos 4:1
Hear this word you cows of Bashan who live on the mountain of Samaria. You oppress the poor. You crush the needy. You say to your masters (husbands) (lords), Bring us drink.
Amos 5:11-12
You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail.
Amos 8:6
We may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Matthew 18:25
He was not able to make payment. So his lord gave orders for him to be sold. His wife, sons, and daughters were all to be sold along with every possession. The money would be used for payment of what he owed.
James 5:1
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
James 5:4
Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts.