Proverbs 10:15 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.
English ASV
The rich mans wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
English Amplified
The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin. [Ps. 52:7; I Tim. 6:17.]
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin. [Ps. 52:7; I Tim. 6:17.]
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
The wealth of the rich is his fortified city; the poverty of the poor is their destruction.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
English EASY 2024
Money keeps rich people safe, like a strong city. But poor people die because they have no one to help them.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Wealth protects the rich, but poverty destroys the poor.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
A rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Wealth protects the rich; poverty destroys the poor.
English God's Word - GW 1995
The rich person's wealth is {his} strong city. Poverty ruins the poor.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
A rich man's wealth is his fortified city; the poverty of the poor is their destruction.
English KJV 1611
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
English LSB
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
The wealth of the rich man is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their destruction.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
The rich man's wealth is his fortress, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the ruination of the lowly is their poverty.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
The wealth of rich people is like a city that makes them feel safe. But having nothing destroys those who are poor.
English NIV
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
English NKJ 1982
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
English NLT
The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their calamity.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
A rich man’s wealth becomes like a citadel of strength, but the poverty of the poor leaves their security in shambles.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
A rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
The rich man's wealth is his only strength. The poor man's poverty is his only curse.
English Tyndale 1537
The rich man's goods are his stronghold, but poverty oppresseth the poor.