Proverbs 13:8
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
In context
6 Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
7 One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
8 Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
10 Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
Proverbs 13:8 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
- KJV King James Version
- The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
- WEB World English Bible
- The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The ransom of a man’s life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The ransom of a man's life is his riches; but the indigent heareth not rebuke.
- WBS Webster Bible
- The ransom of a man's life is his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.