Berean Standard Bible
“A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.”
This saying closes Proverbs 18 and contrasts two kinds of social life. The first line is difficult in Hebrew and is translated in slightly different ways, but most versions warn that having many companions does not guarantee real friendship.
Open Study notes above for the full note.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
World English Bible (WEB)
A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
King James Version (KJV)
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
American Standard Version (ASV)
He that maketh many friends [doeth it] to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
El hombre que tiene amigos, ha de mostrarse amigo: y amigo hay más conjunto que el hermano.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Hay amigos que nos llevan a la ruina, pero hay amigos más fieles que un hermano.
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