Proverbs Chapter 19 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 19:4

Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.
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BBE Proverbs 19:4

Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.
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DARBY Proverbs 19:4

Wealth addeth many friends; but the poor is separated from his friend.
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KJV Proverbs 19:4

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
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WBT Proverbs 19:4


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WEB Proverbs 19:4

Wealth adds many friends, But the poor is separated from his friend.
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YLT Proverbs 19:4

Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Wealth maketh many friends (vers. 6, 7; Proverbs 14:20). A Greek gnome expresses the same truth - Ἐὰν δ ἔχωμεν χρήμαθ ἕξομεν φίλους. The poor is separated from his neighbour. But it is better to make the act of separation emanate from the friend (as the Hebrew allows), and to render, with the Revised Version, The friend of the poor separateth himself from him. The word for "poor" is here dal, which means "feeble," "languid;" so ver. 17; and the came word (rea), "friend" or "neighbor," is used in both clauses. The idea of man's selfishness is carried on in vers. 6 and 7. The Law of Moses had tried to counteract it (Deuteronomy 15:7, etc.), but it was Christianity that introduced the practical realization of the law of love, and the honouring of the poor as members of Christ. Septuagint, "But the poor is deserted even by his whilom friend."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) The poor is separated from his neighbour.--Or, but the feeble, his friend separates himself (from him). It was just in order to counteract these selfish instincts of mankind that the merciful provisions of such passages as Deuteronomy 15:7. sqq., and Luke 14:13, were laid upon God's people.