Proverbs 18:24
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18:24A person who has friends80 may be harmed by them,81
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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- 80 The construction is “a man of friends” (cf. ) meaning a man who has friends (a genitive of the thing possessed). C. H. Toy, however, suggests reading יֵשׁ (yesh) instead of אִישׁ (’ish), along with some of the Greek , the , and . It would then say “there are friends” who are unreliable (Proverbs [], ); cf. . However, the should be retained here.
- 81 The text simply has לְהִתְרֹעֵעַ (léhitro’ea’), which means “for being crushed” or “to be shattered” (but not “to show oneself friendly” as in the ). What can be made of the sentence is that “a man who has [many] friends [may have them] for being crushed”—the infinitive giving the result (i.e., “with the result that he may be crushed by them”).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
One with many friends may be harmed,
but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
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NLTNew Living Translation
There are “friends” who destroy each other,
but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
A man of many friends will come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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KJV 1900King James Version
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly:
And there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
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