Proverbs 18:24
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Parallel Verses
English Standard Version
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

New American Standard Bible
A man of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

King James Bible
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A man with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

International Standard Version
A man with many friends can still be ruined, but a true friend sticks closer than a brother.

NET Bible
A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
There are friends who are friends, and there is a friend that is closer than a brother.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Friends can destroy one another, but a loving friend can stick closer than family.

King James 2000 Bible
A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.

American King James Version
A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.

American Standard Version
He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.

Darby Bible Translation
A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

English Revised Version
He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction: but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Webster's Bible Translation
A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

World English Bible
A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Young's Literal Translation
A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!
Lexicon
A man
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
that hath friends
rea`  (ray'-ah)
an associate (more or less close) -- brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, (an-)other.
must shew himself friendly
ra`a`  (raw-ah')
to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
and there is
yesh  (yaysh)
entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb; there is or are
a friend
'ahab  (aw-hab')
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) -- (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
that sticketh closer
dabeq  (daw-bake')
adhering -- cleave, joining, stick closer.
than a brother
'ach  (awkh)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1) -- another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other.
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