Proverbs 10:15-16
Proverbs 10:15-16 American Standard Version (ASV)
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty. The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.
Proverbs 10:15-16 The Message (MSG)
The wealth of the rich is their security; the poverty of the indigent is their ruin. The wage of a good person is exuberant life; an evil person ends up with nothing but sin.
Proverbs 10:15-16 King James Version (KJV)
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty. The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: The fruit of the wicked to sin.
Proverbs 10:15-16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
The rich man’s wealth is his fortress, The ruin of the poor is their poverty. The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment.
Proverbs 10:15-16 New Century Version (NCV)
Having lots of money protects the rich, but having no money destroys the poor. Good people are rewarded with life, but evil people are paid with punishment.
Proverbs 10:15-16 New International Version (NIV)
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor. The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.
Proverbs 10:15-16 New King James Version (NKJV)
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; The destruction of the poor is their poverty. The labor of the righteous leads to life, The wages of the wicked to sin.
Proverbs 10:15-16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The rich man’s wealth is his fortress; The ruin of the poor is their poverty. [Ps 52:7; 1 Tim 6:17] The wages of the righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God] is [a worthwhile, meaningful] life, The income of the wicked, punishment. [Rom 6:21-23; 1 Tim 6:10]
Proverbs 10:15-16 New Living Translation (NLT)
The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their destruction. The earnings of the godly enhance their lives, but evil people squander their money on sin.
Proverbs 10:15-16 The Passion Translation (TPT)
A rich man’s wealth becomes like a citadel of strength, but the poverty of the poor leaves their security in shambles. The lovers of God earn their wages for a life of righteousness, but the wages of the wicked are squandered on a life of sin.