Proverbs 27:10
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10Thine own friend, and mthy father’s friend, forsake not;
Neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
For nbetter is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
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- mComp. 1 Kin. 12:6–8. 2 Chr. 10:6, 7.
- nch. 18:24. Comp. ch. 17:17. & 19:7.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Do not forsake your friend and 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 who is far away.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
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.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
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.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
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.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
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.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press