Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version A brother wronged is more unyielding than a fortified city; disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel. New Living Translation An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars. English Standard Version A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, and quarreling is like the bars of a castle. Berean Standard Bible An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle. King James Bible A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. New King James Version A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a castle. New American Standard Bible A brother who is offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And quarrels are like the bars of a citadel. NASB 1995 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a citadel. NASB 1977 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a castle. Legacy Standard Bible A brother offended is harder to win over than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a citadel. Amplified Bible A brother offended is harder to win over than a fortified city, And contentions [separating families] are like the bars of a castle. Christian Standard Bible An offended brother is harder to reach than a fortified city, and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress. Holman Christian Standard Bible An offended brother is harder to reach than a fortified city, and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress. American Standard Version A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; And such contentions are like the bars of a castle. Aramaic Bible in Plain English A brother is helped by his brother, like a city by its fortress, and they hold it like the bars of a fortress. Brenton Septuagint Translation A brother helped by a brother is as a strong and high city; and is as strong as a well-founded palace. Contemporary English Version Making up with a friend you have offended is harder than breaking through a city wall. Douay-Rheims Bible A brother that is helped by his brother, is like a strong city: and judgments are like the bars of cities. English Revised Version A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and such contentions are like the bars of a castle. GOD'S WORD® Translation An offended brother is more [resistant]than a strong city, and disputes are like the locked gate of a castle tower. Good News Translation Help your relatives and they will protect you like a strong city wall, but if you quarrel with them, they will close their doors to you. International Standard Version An offended brother is more unyielding than a fortified city, and his disputes are like the bars of a fortress. JPS Tanakh 1917 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; And their contentions are like the bars of a castle. Literal Standard Version A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, | And contentions as the bar of a palace. Majority Standard Bible An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle. New American Bible A brother offended is more unyielding than a stronghold; such strife is more daunting than castle gates. NET Bible A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a fortified citadel. New Revised Standard Version An ally offended is stronger than a city; such quarreling is like the bars of a castle. New Heart English Bible A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a fortress. Webster's Bible Translation A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. World English Bible A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress. Young's Literal Translation A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Selfishness of the Unfriendly…18Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents. 19An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle. 20From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.… Cross References 1 Samuel 17:28 Now when David's oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. "Why have you come down here?" he asked. "And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart--you have come down to see the battle!" Proverbs 18:18 Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents. Proverbs 18:20 From the fruit of his mouth a man's belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied. Treasury of Scripture A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. brother Proverbs 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Genesis 4:5-8 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell… Genesis 27:41-45 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob… than Proverbs 16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. Jump to Previous Acts Bar Barred Bars Castle Citadel City Contentions Difficult Disputes Fortified Gates Harder Helped Locked Offended Palace Quarreling Strong Tower Transgressed Unyielding Violent Won WoundedJump to Next Acts Bar Barred Bars Castle Citadel City Contentions Difficult Disputes Fortified Gates Harder Helped Locked Offended Palace Quarreling Strong Tower Transgressed Unyielding Violent Won WoundedProverbs 18 1. A fool delights not in understanding(19) A brother offended.--Or rather, wronged. Their contentions.--Of such as have once been friends, "are like the bars of a castle," or palace, forming an almost impassable barrier to reconciliation. The bitterness of quarrels between friends is proverbial. Verse 19. - A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. Something must be supplied on which the comparative notion min, "than," depends. So we may understand "resists more," or something similar. A brother or a once close friend, when injured or deceived, becomes a potent and irreconcilable enemy. The idea of the preceding verses is carried on, and the primary thought is still concerning lawsuits and matters brought before a judge. This is shown in the second clause by the use of the word "contentions" (midyanim). And their contentions are like the bars of a castle. They close the door against reconciliation, shut the heart against all feeling of tenderness. True it is, Ξαλεποὶ πόλεμοι ἀδελφῶν (Eurip., 'Fragm.'). And again, 'Iph. Aul.,' 376 -Δεινὸν κασιγήτοισι γίγνεσθαι λόγους Hebrew An offendedנִפְשָׁ֥ע (nip̄·šā‘) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6586: To break away, trespass, apostatize, quarrel brother [is harder to win] אָ֗ח (’āḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 251: A brother, ) than a fortified עֹ֑ז (‘ōz) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5797: Strength, might city, מִקִּרְיַת־ (miq·qir·yaṯ-) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 7151: A town, city and disputes וּ֝מִדְיָנִ֗ים (ū·miḏ·yā·nîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4066: A contest, quarrel are like the bars כִּבְרִ֥יחַ (kiḇ·rî·aḥ) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1280: A bolt of a castle. אַרְמֽוֹן׃ (’ar·mō·wn) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 759: A citadel Links Proverbs 18:19 NIVProverbs 18:19 NLT Proverbs 18:19 ESV Proverbs 18:19 NASB Proverbs 18:19 KJV Proverbs 18:19 BibleApps.com Proverbs 18:19 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 18:19 Chinese Bible Proverbs 18:19 French Bible Proverbs 18:19 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 18:19 A brother offended is more difficult than (Prov. 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