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Proverbs 18:23

23 The poor man uses entreaties,

But the rich answers oroughly.

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Proverbs 18:23 — The New International Version (NIV)

23 The poor plead for mercy,

but the rich answer harshly.

Proverbs 18:23 — English Standard Version (ESV)

23 The poor use entreaties,

but the rich answer roughly.

Proverbs 18:23 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

23 The poor useth intreaties;

But the rich answereth roughly.

Proverbs 18:23 — New Living Translation (NLT)

23 The poor plead for mercy;

the rich answer with insults.

Proverbs 18:23 — New Century Version (NCV)

23 The poor beg for mercy,

but the rich give rude answers.

Proverbs 18:23 — American Standard Version (ASV)

23 The poor useth entreaties;

But the rich answereth roughly.

Proverbs 18:23 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

23 He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly.

Proverbs 18:23 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

23 A poor person is timid when begging, 

but a rich person is blunt when replying. 

Proverbs 18:23 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

23 The poor man pleads,

but the rich one answers roughly.

Proverbs 18:23 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

23 The poor use entreaties,

but the rich answer roughly.

Proverbs 18:23 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

23 The poor may speak entreaties,

but the rich will answer roughly.

Proverbs 18:23 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

23 Poor people beg for mercy.

But rich people answer in a mean way.

Proverbs 18:23 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

23 The poor man utters supplications,

But the rich man answers roughly.


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