Strong's Lexicon A man אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 376: 1) man 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) 1b) husband 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) 1d) servant 1e) mankind 1f) champion 1g) great man 2) whosoever 3) each (adjective) of many companions רֵ֭עִים (rê·‘îm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7453: 1) friend, companion, fellow, another person 1a) friend, intimate 1b) fellow, fellow-citizen, another person (weaker sense) 1c) other, another (reciprocal phrase) may come to ruin, לְהִתְרֹעֵ֑עַ (lə·hiṯ·rō·‘ê·a‘) Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 7489: 1) to be bad, be evil 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to be displeasing 1a2) to be sad 1a3) to be injurious, be evil 1a4) to be wicked, be evil (ethically) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to do an injury or hurt 1b2) to do evil or wickedly 1b3) mischief (participle) 2) to break, shatter 2a) (Qal) 2a1) to break 2a2) broken (participle) 2a3) to be broken 2b) (Hithpolel) to be broken, be broken in pieces, be broken asunder but there is וְיֵ֥שׁ (wə·yêš) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3426: 1) being, existence, substance, there is or are 1a) substance 1b) existence 1c) there is or are a friend אֹ֝הֵ֗ב (’ō·hêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 157: 1) to love 1a) (Qal) 1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual 1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom 1a3) human love for or to God 1a4) act of being a friend 1a4a) lover (participle) 1a4b) friend (participle) 1a5) God's love toward man 1a5a) to individual men 1a5b) to people Israel 1a5c) to righteousness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) lovely (participle) 1b2) loveable (participle) 1c) (Piel) 1c1) friends 1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers) 2) to like who stays closer דָּבֵ֥ק (dā·ḇêq) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1695: 1) clinging, adhering to than a brother. מֵאָֽח׃ (mê·’āḥ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 251: 1) brother 1a) brother of same parents 1b) half-brother (same father) 1c) relative, kinship, same tribe 1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship) 1e) (fig.) of resemblance Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleA man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother. Young's Literal Translation A man with friends [is] to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother! Holman Christian Standard Bible A man with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother. New American Standard Bible A man of [too many] friends [comes] to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. King James Bible A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother. Parallel Verses New International Version One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. New Living Translation There are "friends" who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother. English Standard Version A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. New American Standard Bible A man of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. King James Bible A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Holman Christian Standard Bible A man with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother. International Standard Version A man with many friends can still be ruined, but a true friend sticks closer than a brother. NET Bible A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. American Standard Version He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. English Revised Version He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction: but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Young's Literal Translation A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother! Cross References John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. John 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Proverbs 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. Proverbs 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; Proverbs 18:23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly. Proverbs 18:22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Proverbs 19:1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Proverbs 19:2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. Proverbs 19:3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. 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