Proverbs 13:7
Modern Translations
New International Version
One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

New Living Translation
Some who are poor pretend to be rich; others who are rich pretend to be poor.

English Standard Version
One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Berean Study Bible
One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

New American Standard Bible
There is one who pretends to be rich but has nothing; Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.

NASB 1995
There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing; Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.

NASB 1977
There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing; Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.

Amplified Bible
There is one who pretends to be rich, yet has nothing at all; Another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Christian Standard Bible
One person pretends to be rich but has nothing; another pretends to be poor but has abundant wealth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
One man pretends to be rich but has nothing; another pretends to be poor but has great wealth.

Contemporary English Version
Some who have nothing may pretend to be rich, and some who have everything may pretend to be poor.

Good News Translation
Some people pretend to be rich, but have nothing. Others pretend to be poor, but own a fortune.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
One person pretends to be rich but has nothing. Another pretends to be poor but has great wealth.

International Standard Version
One person pretends to be wealthy, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet is rich.

NET Bible
There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

New King James Version
There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; And one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

King James 2000 Bible
There is one that makes himself rich, yet has nothing: there is one that makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

New Heart English Bible
There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

World English Bible
There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

American King James Version
There is that makes himself rich, yet has nothing: there is that makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

American Standard Version
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

A Faithful Version
There are those who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing; and those who pretend to be poor, yet have great riches.

Darby Bible Translation
There is that feigneth himself rich, and hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, and hath great wealth.

English Revised Version
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

Webster's Bible Translation
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
There is that maketh himselfe riche, and hath nothing, and that maketh himselfe poore, hauing great riches.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Some men make them selues riche though they haue nothyng: agayne, some make them selues poore hauyng great riches.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Some men are riche, though they haue nothinge: agayne, some me are poore hauynge greate riches.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
There is [he] who is making himself rich, and has nothing, "" Who is making himself poor, and wealth [is] abundant.

Young's Literal Translation
There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth is abundant.

Smith's Literal Translation
There is he making himself rich, and not anything: making himself poor, and much wealth.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
One is as it were rich, when he hath nothing: and another is as it were poor, when he hath great riches.

Catholic Public Domain Version
One is like the rich, though he has nothing. And another is like the poor, though he has many riches.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
There are those who enrich themselves and have nothing, and there is one who makes himself poor and possesses an abundance.

Lamsa Bible
There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing; there are others who pretend to be poor, yet have great riches.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
There is that pretendeth himself rich, yet hath nothing; There is that pretendeth himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
There are some who, having nothing, enrich themselves: and there are some who bring themselves down in the midst of much wealth.
















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