Proverbs 13:8

In 11 translations

BSB

Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.

KJV

The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

WEB

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

ASV

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.

LSV

The ransom of a man’s life [are] his riches, || And the poor has not heard rebuke.

YLT

The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.

DBY

The ransom of a man's life is his riches; but the indigent heareth not rebuke.

DRC

The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but he that is poor beareth not reprehension.

GNV

A man will giue his riches for the ransome of his life: but the poore cannot heare ye reproch.

JPS

The ransom of a man's life are his riches; but the poor heareth no threatening.

LXXE

A man's own wealth is the ransom of his life: but the poor endures not threatening.Or, comes not in for.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כֹּ֣פֶר נֶֽפֶשׁ־אִ֣ישׁ עָשְׁר֑וֹ וְ֝רָ֗שׁ לֹא־שָׁמַ֥ע גְּעָרָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Λύτρον ἀνδρὸς ψυχῆς ὁ ἴδιος πλοῦτος, πτωχὸς δὲ οὐχ ὑφίσταται ἀπειλήν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
• 1 Peter 1:18–19For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without…
• 2 Kings 24:14He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
• Psalms 49:6–10They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God. For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice, that he should live…
• Jeremiah 39:10But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
• Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
• 2 Kings 25:12But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
• Zephaniah 3:12But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.
• Jeremiah 41:8But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.
• Exodus 21:30If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.
• Proverbs 6:35He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.

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