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


In Context

20 From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, From the increase of his lips he is satisfied.

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

22 Whoso hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

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

24 A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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