Proverbs 22:7

In 11 translations

BSB

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

KJV

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth

WEB

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

ASV

The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

LSV

The rich rules over the poor, || And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender.

YLT

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender.

DBY

The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.

DRC

The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.

GNV

The rich ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruant to the man that lendeth.

JPS

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

LXXE

The rich will rule over the poor, and servants will lend to their own masters.

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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

עָ֭שִׁיר בְּרָשִׁ֣ים יִמְשׁ֑וֹל וְעֶ֥בֶד לֹ֝וֶ֗ה לְאִ֣ישׁ מַלְוֶֽה׃

LXX-Br

Πλούσιοι πτωχῶν ἄρξουσι, καὶ οἰκέται ἰδίοις δεσπόταις δανειοῦσιν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 2 Kings 4:1Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his…
• Matthew 18:25Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.
• Proverbs 22:16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
• Proverbs 18:23The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
• Proverbs 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
• Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
• James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
• James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
• Amos 5:11–12Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. For I know…
• Nehemiah 5:4–5Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards. We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to…
• Amos 8:6Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”
• Isaiah 24:2people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
• Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
• Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
• James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
• Amos 2:6This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

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