A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
WEB
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
YLT
A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!
DBT
A man of [many] friends will come to ruin but there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.