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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Proverbs 18:23
Supplications, doth the poor man utter, but, the rich, answereth fiercely.
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Christian Standard Bible®
The poor person pleads,but the rich one answers roughly.
The poor person pleads,but the rich one answers roughly.
Hebrew Names Version
The poor pleads for mercy, But the rich answers harshly.
The poor pleads for mercy, But the rich answers harshly.
King James Version
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
English Standard Version
The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
New American Standard Bible
A poor person utters pleadings, But a rich person answers defiantly.
A poor person utters pleadings, But a rich person answers defiantly.
New Century Version
The poor beg for mercy, but the rich give rude answers.
The poor beg for mercy, but the rich give rude answers.
Amplified Bible
The poor man pleads, But the rich man answers roughly.
The poor man pleads, But the rich man answers roughly.
World English Bible
The poor pleads for mercy, But the rich answers harshly.
The poor pleads for mercy, But the rich answers harshly.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The poore speaketh with prayers: but the rich answereth roughly.
The poore speaketh with prayers: but the rich answereth roughly.
Legacy Standard Bible
The poor man speaks supplications,But the rich man answers with strong words.
The poor man speaks supplications,But the rich man answers with strong words.
Berean Standard Bible
The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
Contemporary English Version
The poor must beg for help, but the rich can give a harsh reply.
The poor must beg for help, but the rich can give a harsh reply.
Complete Jewish Bible
The poor man speaks beseechingly, the rich man's answer is blunt.
The poor man speaks beseechingly, the rich man's answer is blunt.
Darby Translation
He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly.
He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly.
Easy-to-Read Version
The poor are polite when they beg for help. The rich are rude with their answer.
The poor are polite when they beg for help. The rich are rude with their answer.
George Lamsa Translation
The poor speak humbly; but the rich talk of great things.
The poor speak humbly; but the rich talk of great things.
Good News Translation
When the poor speak, they have to be polite, but when the rich answer, they are rude.
When the poor speak, they have to be polite, but when the rich answer, they are rude.
Lexham English Bible
The poor may speak entreaties, but the rich will answer roughly.
The poor may speak entreaties, but the rich will answer roughly.
Literal Translation
The poor speak with entreaties, but the rich answer fiercely.
The poor speak with entreaties, but the rich answer fiercely.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The poore maketh supplicacion and prayeth mekely, but the riche geueth a rough answere.
The poore maketh supplicacion and prayeth mekely, but the riche geueth a rough answere.
American Standard Version
The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.
The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.
Bible in Basic English
The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.
The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth impudently.
The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth impudently.
King James Version (1611)
The poore vseth intreaties, but the rich answereth roughly.
The poore vseth intreaties, but the rich answereth roughly.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The poore prayeth meekely: but the riche geueth a rough aunswere.
The poore prayeth meekely: but the riche geueth a rough aunswere.
English Revised Version
The poor useth entreaties: but the rich answereth roughly.
The poor useth entreaties: but the rich answereth roughly.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A pore man schal speke with bisechingis; and a riche man schal speke sterneli.
A pore man schal speke with bisechingis; and a riche man schal speke sterneli.
Update Bible Version
The poor uses entreaties; But the rich answers roughly.
The poor uses entreaties; But the rich answers roughly.
Webster's Bible Translation
The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
New English Translation
A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.
A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.
New King James Version
The poor man uses entreaties, But the rich answers roughly.
The poor man uses entreaties, But the rich answers roughly.
New Living Translation
The poor plead for mercy; the rich answer with insults.
The poor plead for mercy; the rich answer with insults.
New Life Bible
The poor man asks for loving-kindness, but the rich man is hard in his answers.
The poor man asks for loving-kindness, but the rich man is hard in his answers.
New Revised Standard
The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The poor will speak with supplications, and the rich will speak roughly.
The poor will speak with supplications, and the rich will speak roughly.
Revised Standard Version
The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
Young's Literal Translation
[With] supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.
[With] supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.
THE MESSAGE
The poor speak in soft supplications; the rich bark out answers.
The poor speak in soft supplications; the rich bark out answers.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The poor man utters supplications, But the rich man answers roughly.
The poor man utters supplications, But the rich man answers roughly.
Contextual Overview
23 Supplications, doth the poor man utter, but, the rich, answereth fiercely.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
poor: Ruth 2:7, 1 Samuel 2:36, 2 Kings 4:1, 2 Kings 4:2, Isaiah 66:2, Matthew 5:3, James 1:9-11
rich: Genesis 42:7, Genesis 42:30, Exodus 5:2, 1 Samuel 25:10, 1 Samuel 25:17, James 2:3
Reciprocal: Judges 8:6 - General 1 Samuel 20:10 - answer thee 1 Kings 12:13 - answered Job 41:3 - General Proverbs 19:7 - yet Proverbs 22:7 - rich
Cross-References
Genesis 18:4
Let there be fetched, I pray thee a little water, and bathe ye your feet, - and rest yourselves under the tree.
Let there be fetched, I pray thee a little water, and bathe ye your feet, - and rest yourselves under the tree.
Genesis 18:5
And let me fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart, Afterwards, ye may pass on, For on this account, have ye passed by, over against your servant. And they said, Thus, shalt thou do as thou hast spoken.
And let me fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart, Afterwards, ye may pass on, For on this account, have ye passed by, over against your servant. And they said, Thus, shalt thou do as thou hast spoken.
Genesis 18:6
So Abraham hastened towards the tent unto Sarah, - and said, Hasten thou three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make hearth-cakes.
So Abraham hastened towards the tent unto Sarah, - and said, Hasten thou three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make hearth-cakes.
Genesis 18:7
And unto the herd, ran Abraham, - and took a calf tender and good and gave unto the young man, and he hastened to make it ready.
And unto the herd, ran Abraham, - and took a calf tender and good and gave unto the young man, and he hastened to make it ready.
Genesis 18:25
Far be it from thee! to do after this manner. to put to death the righteous with the lawless! Then should righteous and lawless be alike, Far be it from thee! Shall, the Judge of all the earth not do justice?
Far be it from thee! to do after this manner. to put to death the righteous with the lawless! Then should righteous and lawless be alike, Far be it from thee! Shall, the Judge of all the earth not do justice?
Genesis 20:4
Now, Abimelech, had not come near unto her, - so he said, O My Lord! a nation even a righteous one, wilt thou slay?
Now, Abimelech, had not come near unto her, - so he said, O My Lord! a nation even a righteous one, wilt thou slay?
2 Samuel 24:17
Then said David unto Yahweh, when he saw the messenger who was smiting the people, yea he said - Lo! I, have sinned, and, I, have done perversely, but what have, these sheep, done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against the house of my father!
Then said David unto Yahweh, when he saw the messenger who was smiting the people, yea he said - Lo! I, have sinned, and, I, have done perversely, but what have, these sheep, done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against the house of my father!
Job 8:3
Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?
Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?
Job 34:17
Shall, the very hater of right, control? Or, the just - the mighty one, wilt thou condemn?
Shall, the very hater of right, control? Or, the just - the mighty one, wilt thou condemn?
Psalms 73:28
But, as for me, the drawing near of God, is my blessedness, - I have made, of My Lord Yahweh, my refuge, - That I may recount all thy works.
But, as for me, the drawing near of God, is my blessedness, - I have made, of My Lord Yahweh, my refuge, - That I may recount all thy works.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The poor useth entreaties,.... Or "supplications" a; he is an humble supplicant to others for favours he asks in a submissive and lowly manner; he does not demand anything, nor prescribe what shall be done for him, but modestly tells his case, and submits it; so such who are poor in spirit are humble supplicants at the throne of grace;
but the rich answereth roughly; being proud and haughty, lifted up with their riches, and in fear of none, they answer others with hard and rough words, especially their inferiors, and particularly the poor. This is not what ought to be, but what commonly is. This verse and
Proverbs 18:24 are not in the Arabic version.
a תחנונים "supplicationes", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Mercerus, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Note the paradox. The poor man, of whom one might expect roughness, supplicates; the rich, well nurtured, from whom one might look for courtesy, answers harshly and brusquely.
