Proverbs 22:7
What does Proverbs 22:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 22:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
- James 2:6
But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
- Proverbs 22:22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
- Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
- 2 Kings 4:1
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.
- Nehemiah 5:4
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.
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