Proverbs 18:23
World English Bible (WEB)
The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
In context
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.
23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
24 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:23 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
- KJV King James Version
- The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- [With] supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly.
- WBS Webster Bible
- The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.