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Proverbs 19:7

American Standard Version

7 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.

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Christian Standard Bible

All the brothers of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends keep their distance from him! He may pursue them with words, but they are not there.

English 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.

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 person hate him; How much more do his friends abandon him! He pursues them with words, but they are gone.

New International Version

The poor are shunned by all their relatives— how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue 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.

New Living Translation

The relatives of the poor despise them; how much more will their friends avoid them! Though the poor plead with them, their friends are gone.

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.