Proverbs 13:7
New International Version
One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

New Living Translation
Some who are poor pretend to be rich; others who are rich pretend to be poor.

English Standard Version
One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Berean Standard Bible
One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

King James Bible
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

New King James Version
There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; And one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

New American Standard Bible
There is one who pretends to be rich but has nothing; Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.

NASB 1995
There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing; Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.

NASB 1977
There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing; Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.

Legacy Standard Bible
There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing; Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.

Amplified Bible
There is one who pretends to be rich, yet has nothing at all; Another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Christian Standard Bible
One person pretends to be rich but has nothing; another pretends to be poor but has abundant wealth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
One man pretends to be rich but has nothing; another pretends to be poor but has great wealth.

American Standard Version
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
There are those who enrich themselves and have nothing, and there is one who makes himself poor and possesses an abundance.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
There are some who, having nothing, enrich themselves: and there are some who bring themselves down in the midst of much wealth.

Contemporary English Version
Some who have nothing may pretend to be rich, and some who have everything may pretend to be poor.

Douay-Rheims Bible
One is as it were rich, when he hath nothing: and another is as it were poor, when he hath great riches.

English Revised Version
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
One person pretends to be rich but has nothing. Another pretends to be poor but has great wealth.

Good News Translation
Some people pretend to be rich, but have nothing. Others pretend to be poor, but own a fortune.

International Standard Version
One person pretends to be wealthy, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet is rich.

JPS Tanakh 1917
There is that pretendeth himself rich, yet hath nothing; There is that pretendeth himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

Literal Standard Version
There is [he] who is making himself rich, and has nothing, | Who is making himself poor, and wealth [is] abundant.

Majority Standard Bible
One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

New American Bible
One acts rich but has nothing; another acts poor but has great wealth.

NET Bible
There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

New Revised Standard Version
Some pretend to be rich, yet have nothing; others pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

New Heart English Bible
There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

Webster's Bible Translation
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

World English Bible
There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

Young's Literal Translation
There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth is abundant.

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Context
A Father's Discipline
6Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner. 7 One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. 8Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.…

Cross References
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?'

Luke 12:21
This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God."

Luke 12:33
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

2 Corinthians 6:10
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

Proverbs 11:24
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.

Proverbs 13:8
Riches may ransom a man's life, but a poor man hears no threat.


Treasury of Scripture

There is that makes himself rich, yet has nothing: there is that makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

is that maketh himself rich

Proverbs 13:11
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Proverbs 12:9
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

Luke 18:11-14
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican…

that maketh himself poor

Ecclesiastes 11:1,2
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days…

1 Corinthians 4:10,11
We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised…

2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

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(7) There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing.--Comp. Luke 12:21, and the advice given in Revelation 3:17.

There is that maketh himself poor.--Comp. Luke 12:33.

Verse 7. - There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing. "Maketh" may mean "feigns." There are some who pretend to be rich while really they are poor (as Proverbs 12:9), and there are some who make themselves, i.e. pretend to be poor (as misers) while they have much wealth. The Vulgate elucidates this meaning by rendering, quasi dives and quasi pauper; and the Hebrew verbs confirm its correctness. The proverb in both members teaches one not to trust to appearances. Septuagint, "There are who enrich themselves, having nothing; and there are who humble themselves amid much wealth." It is obvious that such a version lends itself to a Christian interpretation. The first clause reminds one of the rich fool who laid up treasure for himself, and was not rich toward God (Luke 12:21; comp. Revelation 3:17, 18). The second clause teaches that wealth expended in God's service makes a man rich in the treasury of heaven (Luke 12:21, 33). One who thus uses the means entrusted to him could be spoken of like St. Paul, "as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things" (2 Corinthians 6:10).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
One pretends to be rich,
מִ֭תְעַשֵּׁר (miṯ·‘aš·šêr)
Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6238: To accumulate, chiefly, to grow, rich

but has nothing;
וְאֵ֣ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

another pretends to be poor,
מִ֝תְרוֹשֵׁ֗שׁ (miṯ·rō·wō·šêš)
Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7326: To be in want or poor

yet has great
רָֽב׃ (rāḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

wealth.
וְה֣וֹן (wə·hō·wn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1952: Wealth, sufficiency


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