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Amplified
All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
How much more do his friends abandon him!
He pursues them with words, but they are gone.
New American Standard Bible
How much more do his
He
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
how much more do his friends
keep their distance from him!
He may pursue them with words,
but they are not there.
International Standard Version
All the relatives of a poor person shun him how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he runs after them pleading, they aren't around.
A Conservative Version
All the brothers of a poor man hate him, how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues [with] words, [but] they are gone.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...
Darby Translation
All the brethren of a poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him: he pursueth them with words, they are not to be found.
Julia Smith Translation
All the brethren of the poor hated him: how much more his friends removed far from him? pursuing words they are not
King James 2000
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursues them with words, yet they are nothing to him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
All the brothers of the poor, [if] they hate him, how much more will his friends keep away from him. He pursues [them with] words, [and] they are gone.
Modern King James verseion
All the brothers of the poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him? He pursues them with words, yet they are lacking.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As for the poor, he is hated among all his brethren; yea, his own friends forsake him, and he that giveth credence unto words, getteth nothing.
NET Bible
All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him -- he pursues them with words, but they do not respond.
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
All the brethren of a poor man, hate him, how much more have, his friends, gone far from him, he may hunt up promises - there are none.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words -- they are not!
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 19:7
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Context Readings
How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness
6
Many will seek the favor of a generous and noble man,
And everyone is a friend to him who gives gifts.
All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
How much more do his friends abandon him!
He pursues them with words, but they are gone.
He who gains wisdom and good sense loves (preserves) his own soul;
He who keeps understanding will find good and prosper.
Cross References
Psalm 38:11
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my neighbors stand far away.
Proverbs 19:4
Wealth makes many friends,
But a poor man is separated from his friend.
Proverbs 18:23
The poor man pleads,
But the rich man answers roughly.
Psalm 88:8
You have put my friends far from me;
You have made me an
I am shut up and I cannot go out.
Psalm 88:18
Lover and friend You have placed far from me;
My familiar friends are in darkness.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor man is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.
Proverbs 21:13
Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor
Will cry out himself and not be answered.
Ecclesiastes 9:15-16
But there was found in it a poor wise man, and by his wisdom he rescued the city. Yet no man [seriously] remembered that poor man.
Luke 18:38-40
So he shouted out, saying, “Jesus,
James 2:6
But you [in contrast] have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress and exploit you, and personally drag you into the courts of law?
James 2:15-16
If a brother or sister is without [adequate] clothing and lacks [enough] food for each day,
1 John 3:17-18
But whoever has the