Verse List for PROV 27:10

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OET (OET-RV) Don’t abandon your friends or your father’s friends, ⇔ and don’t go to your brother’s house when calamity hits you. ⇔ A friend nearby is better than a brother living a long way away.

OET-LV Friend _of_your[fn][fn] and_the _friend _of[fn] I _will _show_you(ms) do _not abandon and_the _house _of your(ms)_brother/kindred do _not go in/on_day your _calamity _of_your is_good a _neighbour near more_than _a _brother far _away.

ULT Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, ⇔ and do not enter the house of your brother in the day of your calamity. ⇔ Better, is a nearby inhabitant than a distant brother.

UST Do not ignore your friends or your father’s friends. ⇔  Do not think that you must go to the house of a relative when something disastrous happens to you. ⇔  Rather, it is better to go to a nearby neighbor than to relatives who live far away.

BSB & MSB Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, ⇔  and do not go to your brother’s house ⇔  in the day of your calamity; ⇔ better a neighbor nearby ⇔  than a brother far away.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. ⇔  Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. ⇔  A neighbour who is near is better than a distant brother.

NET Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, ⇔ and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; ⇔ a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

LSV Do not forsake your own friend and the friend of your father,
And do not enter the house of your brother in a day of your calamity,
A near neighbor [is] better than a brother far off.

FBV Don't give up on your friends or your family's friends. Don't go to a relative's house when you've got trouble. A friend nearby is more useful than a relative far away.

T4T ⇔  Do not neglect your friends or your parents’ friends; ⇔  and at a time when you are experiencing a disaster, do not go to a relative who lives far away to request his help; ⇔  someone who lives near you can help you more than relatives who live far away.

LEB • 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.

BBE Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

Moff Drop not a friend who was your father’s friend, ⇔  go to his house when you are in trouble; ⇔  for a neighbour near is better than a brother far away.

JPS Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity; better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

ASV Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; ⇔ And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: ⇔ Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

DRA Thy own friend, and thy father’s friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother’s house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off.

YLT Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better [is] a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

Drby Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

RV Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; and go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
(Thine own friend, and thy/your father’s friend, forsake not; and go not to thy/your brother’s house in the day of thy/your calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.)

SLT Thy friend and thy father’s friend thou shalt not forsake; and thou shalt not go to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: good he dwelling near, more than a brother far off.

Wbstr Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.

KJB-1769 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
(Thine own friend, and thy/your father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy/your brother’s house in the day of thy/your calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.)

KJB-1611 Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake not; neither goe in to thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.
(Thine own friend and thy/your fathers friend forsake not; neither go in to thy/your brothers house in the day of thy/your calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near, then a brother far off.)

Bshps Thyne owne frende and thy fathers frende see thou forsake not, and go not into thy brothers house in tyme of thy trouble: for better is a frende at hand, then a brother farre of.
(Thine/Your own friend and thy/your fathers friend see thou/you forsake not, and go not into thy/your brothers house in time of thy/your trouble: for better is a friend at hand, then a brother far of.)

Gnva Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.
(Thine own friend and thy/your fathers friend forsake thou/you not: neither enter into thy/your brothers house in the day of thy/your calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near, then a brother far off.)

Cvdl Thyne owne frende and thy fathers frende se thou forsake not, but go not in to thy brothers house in tyme of thy trouble. Better is a frende at hode, then a brother farre of.
(Thine/Your own friend and thy/your fathers friend see thou/you forsake not, but go not in to thy/your brothers house in time of thy/your trouble. Better is a friend at hand, then a brother far of.)

Wycl Forsake thou not thi frend, and the frend of thi fadir; and entre thou not in to the hous of thi brothir, in the dai of thi turment. Betere is a neiybore nyy, than a brothir afer.
(Forsake thou/you not thy/your friend, and the friend of thy/your father; and enter thou/you not in to the house of thy/your brother, in the day of thy/your torment. Better is a neighbour nigh/near, than a brother afar.)

Luth Deinen Freund und deines Vaters Freund verlaß nicht. Und gehe nicht ins Haus deines Bruders, wenn dir‘s übel gehet; denn ein Nachbar ist besser in der Nähe weder ein Bruder in der Ferne.
(Your friend and your(s) father friend leave not. And go not into_the house your(s) brothers, when it’s_yours(sg) bad/evil goes; because/than a Afterbar is better in the/of_the vicinity neither a brother in the/of_the distance.)

ClVg [Amicum tuum et amicum patris tui ne dimiseris, et domum fratris tui ne ingrediaris in die afflictionis tuæ. Melior est vicinus juxta quam frater procul.[fn]
([Amicum your(sg) and friend of_the_father yours(sg) not dimiseris, and house/home brother’s yours(sg) not you_enter in/into/on day of_affliction yours. Better it_is I_wonnus next_to how brother far_away.)

UHB רֵֽעֲ⁠ךָ֨ וְרֵ֪עַ [fn] אָבִ֡י⁠ךָ אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹ֗ב וּ⁠בֵ֥ית אָחִ֗י⁠ךָ אַל־תָּ֭בוֹא בְּ⁠י֣וֹם אֵידֶ֑⁠ךָ ט֥וֹב שָׁכֵ֥ן קָ֝ר֗וֹב מֵ⁠אָ֥ח רָחֽוֹק׃ ‡

BrLXX Φίλον σὸν ἢ φίλον πατρῷον μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς, εἰς δὲ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου μὴ εἰσέλθῃς ἀτυχῶν· κρείσσων φίλος ἐγγὺς, ἢ ἀδελφὸς μακρὰν οἰκῶν.

BrTr Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and when thou art in distress go not into thy brother's house: better is a friend that is near than a brother living far off.