23The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.


In Context

20 A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

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 Yahweh.

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 Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:23The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:23A poor man pleads for mercy, but a rich man answers harshly.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:23The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:23The poor will speak with supplications, and the rich will speak roughly.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:23The poor useth entreaties: but the rich answereth roughly.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23With supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:23The poor uses entreaties; but the rich answers roughly.