19A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.


In Context

16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbor cometh and searcheth him.

18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit of it.

Proverbs 18:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:19A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:19An offended brother is more unyielding than a fortified city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:19A brother that is helped by his brother, is like a strong city: and judgments are like the bars of cities.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:19A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; And'such contentions are like the bars of a castle.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:19A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; and contentions are as the bars of a palace.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:19A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and such contentions are like the bars of a castle.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:19A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:19A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:19A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.