Proverbs 27:10
Proverbs 27:10 — The New International Version (NIV)
10 Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you—
better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
Proverbs 27:10 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
Neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
For better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs 27:10 — New Living Translation (NLT)
10 Never abandon a friend—
either yours or your father’s.
When disaster strikes, you won’t have to ask your brother for assistance.
It’s better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.
Proverbs 27:10 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Proverbs 27:10 — New Century Version (NCV)
10 Don’t forget your friend or your parent’s friend.
Don’t always go to your family for help when trouble comes.
A neighbor close by is better than a family far away.
Proverbs 27:10 — American Standard Version (ASV)
10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs 27:10 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs 27:10 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
10 Do not abandon your friend or your father’s friend.
Do not go to a relative’s home when you are in trouble.
A neighbor living nearby is better than a relative far away.
Proverbs 27:10 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
10 Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend,
and don’t go to your brother’s house
in your time of calamity;
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Proverbs 27:10 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
10 Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent;
do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is nearby
than kindred who are far away.
Proverbs 27:10 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
10 As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake them,
and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity.
Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.
Proverbs 27:10 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
10 Don’t desert your friend or your father’s friend.
And don’t go to your family when trouble strikes you.
A neighbor nearby is better than a family member far away.
Proverbs 27:10 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.