Proverbs 13:7

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

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

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

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יֵשׁ yesh there H3426 מִתְעַשֵּׁר mit·'a·sher [is one who] enriches himself H6238 וְאֵין ve·'ein and there not H369 כֹּל kol [is] anything H3605 מִתְרוֹשֵׁשׁ mit·ro·shesh [one who] impoverishes himself H7326 וְהוֹן ve·hon and wealth H1952 רָב rav great H7227

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verse 7

Some who are really poor, trade and spend as if they were rich: this is sin, and will be shame, and it will end accordingly. Some that are really rich, would be thought to be poor: in this there is want of gratitude to God, want of justice and charity to others. There are many hypocrites, empty of grace, who will not be convinced of their poverty. There are many fearing Christians, who are spiritually rich, yet think themselves poor; by their doubts, and complaints, and griefs, they make themselves poor.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.