Proverbs 19:7 Parallel Translations

The entire family of a poor person hates him. How much more do his friends keep their distance from him! When he chases them with words, they are gone.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

All the brethren of the poor do hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He that pursueth words, they turn against him.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

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.

YLT:

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!

Proverbs 19:7 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 38:11 My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.

Proverbs 18:23 The poor man utters supplications, But the rich man answers roughly. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

19:7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth [them {a} with] words, [yet] they [are] lacking [to him].
(a) To have comfort from them.

WES:

19:7 Brethren - His nearest relations. Hate - Despise and shun him. Pursueth - Earnestly imploring their pity.

MHC:

19:3. Men run into troubles by their own folly, and then fret at the appointments of God. 4. Here we may see how strong is men's love of money. 5. Those that tell lies in discourse, are in a fair way to be guilty of bearing false-witness. 6. We are without excuse if we do not love God with all our hearts. His gifts to us are past number, and all the gifts of men to us are fruits of his bounty. 7. Christ was left by all his disciples; but the Father was with him. It encourages our faith that he had so large an experience of the sorrows of poverty. 8. Those only love their souls aright that get true wisdom. 9. Lying is a damning, destroying sin. 10. A man that has not wisdom and grace, has no right or title to true joy. It is very unseemly for one who is a servant to sin, to oppress God's free-men.

CONC:

Abandon Avoid Brethren Brothers Friends Hate Hated Man's Nowhere Pleading Pleas Poor Pursues Pursueth Pursuing Relatives Shun Shunned Surely Though Turn Wanting Yet

Abandon Avoid Far Friends Hate Hated Nowhere Pleading Pleas Poor Pursues Pursueth Pursuing Relatives Shun Surely Turn Wanting Words

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