OET interlinear PRO 19:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ה֗וֹן יֹ֭סִיף רֵעִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים

wealth brings friends many

Here Solomon implies that a person who is wealthy will have many companions because wealth attracts people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Wealth causes a person to have many friends”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

וְ֝⁠דָ֗ל מֵרֵ֥ע⁠הוּ

and,poor friend_of,his

Here, a lowly one and his refer to a type of person in general, not a specific lowly one. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “but any lowly person … from that person’s companions”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ֝⁠דָ֗ל

and,poor

See how you translated the same use of lowly in [10:15](../10/15.md).

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ֝⁠דָ֗ל & יִפָּרֵֽד

and,poor & it_divided

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “but poverty separates a lowly one”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מֵרֵ֥ע⁠הוּ יִפָּרֵֽד

friend_of,his it_divided

Solomon implies that a lowly one is separated from his friends because of his poverty. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “is separated from his friends because of his poverty”