Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the
King James Version
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
Holman Bible
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.
International Standard Version
Keep deception and lies far away from me, and give me neither poverty nor wealth. Feed me with food that I need for today,
A Conservative Version
Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,
American Standard Version
Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:
Amplified
Keep deception and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the food that is my portion,
Bible in Basic English
Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:
Darby Translation
Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:
Julia Smith Translation
Vanity and the word of falsehood remove far from me; thou wilt not give to me poverty and riches; feed me with bread of my allowance:
King James 2000
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food needful for me:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Keep falsehood and a {lying word} far from me; do not give me poverty or wealth; provide me [with] food [only for] my need.
Modern King James verseion
remove far from me vanity and a lying word; give me neither poverty or riches; tear for me my portion of bread,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Remove from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches, only grant me a necessary living.
NET Bible
Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread,
New Heart English Bible
Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;
The Emphasized Bible
Vanity and falsehood, remove far from me, Neither poverty nor riches, give me, Feed me with the food appointed me:
Webster
Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
World English Bible
Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;
Youngs Literal Translation
Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,
Themes
Contentment » Exemplified » Agur
Lying » Saints » Pray to be preserved from
Poverty » General references to
Prayer » Seven earnest suppliants » For food
Prayer » For temporal blessings
Riches » Often lead to » Denying God
Riches » Be not over-anxious for
Topics
Interlinear
Nathan
Taraph
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 30:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer
7
Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die:
8
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the
Cross References
Matthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread,
Luke 11:3
Give us each day our daily bread,
Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,
Genesis 48:15-16
And he blessed Joseph and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,
Exodus 16:15
When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
Exodus 16:18
But when they measured it with an omer, whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of them gathered as much as he could eat.
Exodus 16:21-22
Morning by morning they gathered it, each as much as he could eat; but when the sun grew hot, it melted.
Exodus 16:29
See! The LORD has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Remain each of you in his place; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day."
Exodus 16:35
The people of Israel ate the manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land. They ate the manna till they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
2 Kings 25:30
and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, according to his daily needs, as long as he lived.
Job 23:12
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
Psalm 62:9-10
Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
Psalm 119:29
Put false ways far from me and graciously teach me your law!
Psalm 119:37
Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.
Proverbs 21:6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
Proverbs 22:8
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
Proverbs 23:5
When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
Isaiah 5:18
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes,
Isaiah 59:4
No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Jeremiah 37:21
So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guard. And a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakers' street, until all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
Jeremiah 52:34
and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king according to his daily need, until the day of his death, as long as he lived.
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
John 2:8
And he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast." So they took it.
Acts 14:15
"Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
1 Timothy 6:6-8
Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment,