My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
Proverbs 19:7 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 Moreover, even his friends have withdrawn far from him.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. |
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.
You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.
Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.
But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?