PRO 10:15 Parallel Verse View

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ULT The wealth of the rich one is the city of his strength;
 ⇔ the ruin of lowly ones is their poverty.

UST What rich people own keeps them safe like a wall keeps a city safe,
⇔ but being poor destroys poor people.

BSB  ⇔ The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city,
⇔ but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

OEB The rich man’s wealth is his fortified city;
⇔ but the poor, by their poverty, come to destruction.

WEB The rich man’s wealth is his strong city.
⇔ The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

NET The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city,
 ⇔ but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

LSV The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city,
The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.

FBV The wealth of the rich provides them protection, while the poverty of the poor ruins them.

T4T  ⇔ The wealth that rich people have protects them like a city is protected by a strong wall around it [MET],
⇔ but people who are poor suffer much because they have no one to help them.

LEB • is the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

BBE The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

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JPS The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

ASV The rich man’s wealth is his strong city:
 ⇔ The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

DRA The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty.

YLT The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.

DBY The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

RV The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

WBS The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

KJB The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
(The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. )

BB The riche mans goodes are his strong holde: but their owne pouertie feareth the poore.
(The rich mans goodes are his strong holde: but their own pouertie feareth the poore.)

GNV The riche mans goodes are his strong citie: but the feare of the needie is their pouertie.
(The rich mans goodes are his strong citie: but the fear of the needie is their pouertie. )

CB The rich mas goodes are his stroge holde, but pouerte oppresseth the poore.

WYC The catel of a riche man is the citee of his strengthe; the drede of pore men is the nedynesse of hem.
(The cattle of a rich man is the city of his strengthe; the drede of poor men is the nedynesse of them.)

LUT Das Gut des Reichen ist seine feste Stadt; aber die Armen macht die Armut blöde.
(The Gut the Reichen is his feste Stadt; but the Armen macht the Armut blöde.)

CLV Substantia divitis, urbs fortitudinis ejus; pavor pauperum egestas eorum.[fn]
(Substantia divitis, urbs fortitudinis his; pavor pauperum egestas eorum.)

10.15 Substantia divitis. Spiritualiter: Qui in Deum dives est per bona opera, confidit in illo, quasi qui in urbe inexpugnabili, quæ a nullo hoste possit superari; at, qui virtutum inopia coangustantur, ideo cœlestibus egent divitiis, quia noxio pavore timent duros pro Domino tolerare labores.

10.15 Substantia divitis. Spiritualiter: Who in God dives it_is per good opera, confidit in illo, as_if who in urbe inexpugnabili, which a nullo hoste possit superari; at, who virtutum inopia coangustantur, ideo cœlestibus egent divitiis, because noxio pavore timent duros pro Domino tolerare labores.

BRN The wealth of rich men is a strong city; but poverty is the ruin of the ungodly.

BrLXX Κτῆσις πλουσίων πόλις ὀχυρὰ, συντριβὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πενία.
(Ktaʸsis plousiōn polis oⱪura, suntribaʸ de asebōn penia. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

קִרְיַ֣ת עֻזּ֑⁠וֹ

city fortified,his

The phrase city of his strength is an idiom that refers to a city with walls that protect the people inside the city. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “is a walled city” or “is a city with strong walls”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

קִרְיַ֣ת עֻזּ֑⁠וֹ

city fortified,his

Here Solomon refers to wealth enabling its owners to be safe as if it were a strong city that protects them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “is his protection”

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

מְחִתַּ֖ת דַּלִּ֣ים רֵישָֽׁ⁠ם

ruin poor poverty,their

This clause is in strong contrast to the previous clause. In your translation, indicate this strong contrast in a way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “by contrast, the ruin of lowly ones is their poverty”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דַּלִּ֣ים

poor

The phrase lowly ones refers to poor people as if they were located in a place that is lower than that of people who are not poor. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “people who are poor”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

רֵישָֽׁ⁠ם

poverty,their

See how you translated the abstract noun poverty in 6:11.

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