The Selfishness of the Unfriendly
Proverbs 18:11
In 11 translations
- BSB
- A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
- KJV
- The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
- WEB
- The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
- ASV
- The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.
- LSV
- The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength, || And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.
- YLT
- The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.
- DBY
- The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.
- DRC
- The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as a strong wall compassing him about.
- GNV
- The rich mans riches are his strong citie: and as an hie wall in his imagination.
- JPS
- The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit.
- LXXE
- The wealth of a rich man is a strong city; and its glory casts a broad shadow.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- ה֣וֹן עָ֭שִׁיר קִרְיַ֣ת עֻזּ֑וֹ וּכְחוֹמָ֥ה נִ֝שְׂגָּבָ֗ה בְּמַשְׂכִּיתֽוֹ׃
- LXX-Br
- Ὕπαρξις πλουσίου ἀνδρὸς πόλις ὀχυρὰ, ἡ δὲ δόξα αὐτῆς μέγα ἐπισκιάζει.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
- Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
- Psalms 52:5–7Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the…
- Luke 12:19–21Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who…
- Proverbs 11:4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
- Psalms 49:6–9They 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…
- Deuteronomy 32:31For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
- Job 31:24–25If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security, if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
- Psalms 62:10–11Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
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