Matthew Henry · Verse 7
Christ was left by all his disciples; but the Father was with him. It encourages our faith that he had so large an experience of the sorrows of poverty.
Proverbs 19:7
All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
All the relatives of the poor shun him; how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
BSB
All the brothers of a poor man hate him — how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
KJV
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
ASV
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth [them with] words, [but] they are gone.
BBE
All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...
Original Hebrew
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כָּל
kal
all
H3605
אֲחֵי־
'a·chei-
[the] brothers of
H251
רָשׁ
rash
a poor [person]
H7326
שְׂנֵאֻהוּ
se·ne·'u·hu
they hate him
H8130
אַף
'af
indeed
H637
כִּי
ki
for
H3588
מְרֵעֵהוּ
me·re·'e·hu
friend[s] his
H4828
רָחֲקוּ
ra·cha·ku
they are distant
H7368
מִמֶּנּוּ
mi·me·nu
from him
H4480
מְרַדֵּף
me·ra·def
[one who] pursues
H7291
אֲמָרִים
'a·ma·rim
words
H561
לוֹ
lo-
to him
H9033
הֵמָּה
he·mah
they
H1992
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