Proverbs 18:24 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

A man with friends [is] to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

English ASV

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

English Amplified

The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

One with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

A man of [many] friends will come to ruin but there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.

English EASY 2024

A man with many friends may lose them. But there is a friend who is more faithful than a brother.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Some friends are fun to be with, but a true friend can be better than a brother.

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Some friendships do not last, but some friends are more loyal than brothers.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Friends can destroy one another, but a loving friend can stick closer than family.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

A man with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

English KJV 1611

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

English LSB

A man of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

A man of many friends may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

A man of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Some friends bring ruin on us, but a true friend is more loyal than a brother.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Even a man who has many companions can be destroyed. But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

English NIV

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

English NKJ 1982

A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

English NLT

There are "friends" who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one's nearest kin.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Some friendships don’t last for long, but there is one loving friend who is joined to your heart closer than any other!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

There are “friends“ who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

English Tyndale 1537

A friend that delighteth in love, doth a man more friendship, and sticketh faster unto him than a brother.

Proverbs 18:24 — Compare Translations