Proverbs 19:7 - The Message When you’re down on your luck, even your family avoids you— yes, even your best friends wish you’d get lost. If they see you coming, they look the other way— out of sight, out of mind. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him? He pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All the brothers of a poor man detest him–how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but they are gone. American Standard Version (1901) All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, but they are gone. Common English Bible All the relatives of the poor hate them; even more, their friends stay far from them. When they pursue them with words, they aren’t there. Catholic Public Domain Version The brothers of the poor man hate him. Moreover, even his friends have withdrawn far from him. Whoever pursues only words shall have nothing. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The brethren of the poor man hate him: moreover also his friends have departed far from him. He that followeth after words only, shall have nothing. |