My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.
Proverbs 19:7 - English Standard Version 2016 All a poor man’s brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them. 更多版本King 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 Moreover, even his friends have withdrawn far from him.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 friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.
Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.
You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.
You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.
Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?