Proverbs 18:19

In 11 translations

BSB

An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

KJV

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

WEB

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

ASV

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; And such contentions are like the bars of a castle.

LSV

A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, || And contentions as the bar of a palace.

YLT

A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.

DBY

A brother offended is [harder to be won] than a strong city; and contentions are as the bars of a palace.

DRC

A brother that is helped by his brother, is like a strong city: and judgments are like the bars of cities.

GNV

A brother offended is harder to winne then a strong citie, and their contentions are like the barre of a palace.

JPS

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

LXXE

A brother helped by a brother is as a strong and high city; and is as strong as a well-founded palace.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אָ֗ח נִפְשָׁ֥ע מִקִּרְיַת־עֹ֑ז ומדונים כִּבְרִ֥יחַ אַרְמֽוֹן׃Read aloud as (qere): וּ֝מִדְיָנִ֗ים

LXX-Br

Ἀδελφὸς ὑπὸ ἀδελφοῦ βοηθούμενος, ὡς πόλις ὀχυρὰ καὶ ὑψηλὴ, ἰσχύει δὲ ὥσπερ τεθεμελιωμένον βασίλειον.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
• Acts 15:39Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,
• Proverbs 6:19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
• 1 Kings 12:16When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house,…
• Genesis 37:3–5Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors. When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them,…
• Genesis 27:41–45Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” When the words of her…
• Genesis 4:5–8but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell. “Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen? If you do what is right, will you…
• 2 Samuel 13:22And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
• Genesis 37:18–27Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him. “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another. “Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can…
• Genesis 32:6–11When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.” In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps,…
• 1 Kings 2:23–25Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life. And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set…
• 2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and…
• 2 Chronicles 13:17Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
• Genesis 37:11And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

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