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Proverbs 13:8

8 The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,

But the poor hears no rebuke.

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Proverbs 13:8 — The New International Version (NIV)

A person’s riches may ransom their life,

but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.

Proverbs 13:8 — English Standard Version (ESV)

The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,

but a poor man hears no threat.

Proverbs 13:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

The ransom of a man’s life are his riches:

But the poor heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 13:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The rich can pay a ransom for their lives,

but the poor won’t even get threatened.

Proverbs 13:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches,

But the poor does not hear rebuke.

Proverbs 13:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

The rich may have to pay a ransom for their lives,

but the poor will face no such danger.

Proverbs 13:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches;

But the poor heareth no threatening.

Proverbs 13:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches; but the indigent heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 13:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

A person’s riches are the ransom for his life, 

but the poor person does not pay attention to threats. 

Proverbs 13:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Riches are a ransom for a man’s life,

but a poor man hears no threat.

Proverbs 13:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life,

but the poor get no threats.

Proverbs 13:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

The ransom of the life of a man is his wealth,

but the poor does not receive a threat.

Proverbs 13:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

A man who is rich might have to pay to save his life.

But a poor person is not in danger of that.


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