Parallel Verses
Amplified
The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
New American Standard Bible
And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.
King James Version
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Holman Bible
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.
International Standard Version
The wealthy rule over the poor, and anyone who borrows is a slave to the lender.
A Conservative Version
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
American Standard Version
The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Bible in Basic English
The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.
Darby Translation
The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Julia Smith Translation
The rich one will rule over the poor, and he borrowing, a servant to the man lending.
King James 2000
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The rich will rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave of {the lender}.
Modern King James verseion
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The rich ruleth the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.
NET Bible
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
New Heart English Bible
The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
The Emphasized Bible
The rich, over the poor, beareth rule, - and, slave, is the borrower to the lender.
Webster
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
World English Bible
The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
Youngs Literal Translation
The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant is the borrower to the lender.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 22:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
6
Train up a child in the way he should go [teaching him to seek God’s wisdom and will for his abilities and talents],
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
He who sows injustice will reap [a harvest of] trouble,
And the rod of his wrath [with which he oppresses others] will fail.
Phrases
Cross References
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?
Proverbs 18:23
The poor man pleads,
But the rich man answers roughly.
2 Kings 4:1
Now one of the wives of a man of the
Nehemiah 5:4-5
There were also others who were saying, “We have borrowed money on our fields and vineyards for the [Persian] king’s [heavy] tax.
Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor taunts and insults his Maker,
But he who is kind and merciful and gracious to the needy honors Him.
Proverbs 22:16
He who oppresses or exploits the poor to get more for himself
Or who gives to the rich [to gain influence and favor], will only come to poverty.
Proverbs 22:22
Do not rob the poor because he is poor [and defenseless],
Nor crush the afflicted [by legal proceedings] at the gate [where the city court is held],
Isaiah 24:2
And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor [as God’s impartial judgment of sin comes on all].
Amos 2:6
Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Israel and for four (multiplied delinquencies)
I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because they sell the righteous and innocent for silver
And the needy for the price of a pair of sandals.
Amos 4:1
Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
Who say to their husbands, “Bring [the wine] now, and let us drink!”
Amos 5:11-12
Therefore, because you impose heavy rent on the poor
And demand a tribute (food-tax) of grain from them,
Though you have built [luxurious] houses of square stone,
You will not live in them;
You have planted beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,
Amos 8:6
So that we may buy the poor [as slaves] for silver [since they are unable to support themselves]
And the
And that we may sell the leftovers of the wheat [as if it were a good grade of grain]?”
Matthew 18:25
James 5:1
Come [quickly] now, you rich [who lack true faith and hoard and misuse your resources], weep and howl over the miseries [the woes, the judgments] that are coming upon you.
James 5:4
Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of