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Proverbs 18:24 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

Proverbs 18:24 - A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

A man who has friends must himself be friendly,[fn]
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

There are “friends” who destroy each other,
but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

One with many friends may be harmed,[fn]

but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

A person^H376 of too many friends^H7453 comes to [fn]ruin^H7489,

But there^H3426 is^H3426 a friend^H157 who^H1695 sticks^H1695 closer than^H4480 a brother^H251.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

A man of too many friends comes to [fn]ruin,
But there is a [fn]friend who sticks closer than a brother.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

A man^H376 of too many friends^H7453 comes to [fn]ruin^H7489,

But there^H3426 is^H3426 a [fn]friend^H157 who^H1695 sticks^H1695 closer^H1692 than^H4480 a brother^H251.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

The man of too many friends [chosen indiscriminately] will be broken in pieces and come to ruin,

But there is a [true, loving] friend who [is reliable and] sticks closer than a brother.

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction;

But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

A man of many companions may be ruined, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

vir amicalis ad societatem magis amicus erit quam frater

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

مَنْ يُكْثِرِ الأَصْحَابَ يُخْرِبْ نَفْسَهُ، وَرُبَّ صَدِيقٍ أَلْزَقُ مِنَ الأَخِ.

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

אִישׁ רֵעִים לְהִתְרֹעֵעַ וְיֵשׁ אֹהֵב דָּבֵק מֵאָח׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

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SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

اَلْمُكْثِرُ الأَصْحَابِ يُخْرِبُ نَفْسَهُ، وَلكِنْ يُوجَدْ مُحِبٌّ أَلْزَقُ مِنَ الأَخِ.

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

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RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

El hombre que tiene amigos, ha de mostrarse amigo: y amigo hay más conjunto que el hermano.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

El hombre que tiene amigos ha de mostrarse amigo; Y amigo hay más unido que un hermano.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

濫交朋友的、自取敗壞．但有一朋友、比弟兄更親密。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Hay amigos que uno tiene para su propio mal, pero hay un amigo que es más fiel que un hermano.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

많은 친구를 얻는 자는 해를 당하게 되거니와 어떤 친구는 형제보다 친밀하니라

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Celui qui a beaucoup d'amis les a pour son malheur, Mais il est tel ami plus attaché qu'un frère.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Ein treuer Freund liebt mehr uns steht fester bei denn ein Bruder.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

Кто хочет иметь друзей, тот и сам должен быть дружелюбным; и бывает друг, более привязанный, нежели брат.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

El hombre que tiene amigos, ha de mostrarse amigo; y amigo hay más unido que un hermano.

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