Verse Comparison: Proverbs 19:7
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.
Amplified® Bible
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.
Contemporary English Version
If you are poor, your own relatives reject you, and your friends are worse. When you really need them, they are not there.
Darby English Version
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].
Good News Bible
Even the relatives of a poor person have no use for him; no wonder he has no friends. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot win any.
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.
New American Standard Bible
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 International Version
A poor man is shunned by all his relatives—
how much more do his friends avoid him!
Though he pursues them with pleading,
they are nowhere to be found.
New King James Version
All the brothers of the poor hate him;
How much more do his friends go far from him!
He may pursue them with words, yet they abandon him.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
All the brothers of a poor man hate him; How much more do his friends abandon him! He pursues them with words, but they disappear.
Revised Standard Version
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.
Young's 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!
