11The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it an unscalable wall.


In Context

8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts.

9 One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.

10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it an unscalable wall.

12 Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

13 He who answers before listening- that is his folly and his shame.

Proverbs 18:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:11The rich man’s wealth [is] his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:11The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as a strong wall compassing him about.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own imagination.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:11The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.