Proverbs 22:6-7
Proverbs 22:6-7 The Message (MSG)
Point your kids in the right direction— when they’re old they won’t be lost. The poor are always ruled over by the rich, so don’t borrow and put yourself under their power.
Proverbs 22:6-7 King James Version (KJV)
Train up a child in the way he should go: And when he is old, he will not depart from it. The rich ruleth over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:6-7 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it. The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.
Proverbs 22:6-7 New Century Version (NCV)
Train children to live the right way, and when they are old, they will not stray from it. The rich rule over the poor, and borrowers are servants to lenders.
Proverbs 22:6-7 American Standard Version (ASV)
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it. The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:6-7 New International Version (NIV)
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Proverbs 22:6-7 New King James Version (NKJV)
Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it. The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Train up a child in the way he should go [teaching him to seek God’s wisdom and will for his abilities and talents], Even when he is old he will not depart from it. [Eph 6:4; 2 Tim 3:15] The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:6-7 New Living Translation (NLT)
Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it. Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:6-7 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Dedicate your children to God and point them in the way that they should go, and the values they’ve learned from you will be with them for life. If you borrow money with interest, you’ll end up serving the interests of your creditors, for the rich rule over the poor.
