Proverbs 27:10
Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
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ASV
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
KJV
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.
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| רֵֽעֲךָ֨ | re.'a.Kha | friend your | H7453 → |
| וְרֵ֪עַ | ve.re.'eh | and [the] neighbor of | H7453 → |
| אָבִ֡יךָ | 'a.Vi.kha | father your | H1 → |
| אַֽל־ | 'al- | may not | H408 → |
| תַּעֲזֹ֗ב | ta.'a.Zo | you forsake | H5800 → |
| וּבֵ֥ית | u.Veit | and [the] house of | H1004 → |
| אָחִ֗יךָ | 'a.Chi.kha | brother your | H251 → |
| אַל־ | 'al- | may not | H408 → |
| תָּ֭בוֹא | Ta.Vo' | you go | H935 → |
| בְּי֣וֹם | be.Yom | on [the] day of | H3117 → |
| אֵידֶ֑ךָ | 'ei.De.kha | calamity your | H343 → |
| ט֥וֹב | Tov | [is] good | H2896 → |
| שָׁכֵ֥ן | sha.Khen | a neighbor | H7934 → |
| קָ֝ר֗וֹב | ka.Rov | near | H7138 → |
| מֵאָ֥ח | me.'Ach | more than a brother | H251 → |
| רָחֽוֹק׃ | ra.Chok | far away | H7350 → |
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