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Proverbs 13:7

NETBible	There is one who pretends to be rich¹ and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor² and yet possesses great wealth.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 13:7	One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 13:7	There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing; Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 13:7	Some who are poor pretend to be rich; others who are rich pretend to be poor.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 13:7	A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 13:7	A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 13:7	Some pretend to be rich, yet have nothing; others pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 13:7	There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; And one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.
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KJV	There is <03426> that maketh himself rich <06238> (8693)_, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor <07326> (8711)_, yet <03605> [hath] great <07227> riches <01952>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 13:7	There <03426> is one who pretends <06238> to be rich <06238> , but has <0369> nothing <0369> <3605>; Another pretends <07326> to be poor <07326> , but has great <07227> wealth <01952> .
LXXM	eisin <1510> V-PAI-3P oi <3588> T-NPM ploutizontev <4148> V-PAPNP eautouv <1438> D-APM mhden <3367> A-ASN econtev <2192> V-PAPNP kai <2532> CONJ eisin <1510> V-PAI-3P oi <3588> T-NPM tapeinountev <5013> V-PAPNP eautouv <1438> D-APM en <1722> PREP pollw <4183> A-DSM ploutw <4149> N-DSM
NET [draft] ITL	There is <03426> one who pretends to be rich <06238> and yet has nothing <0369> ; another <03605> pretends to be poor <07326> and yet possesses great <07227> wealth <01952> .
HEBREW	br <07227> Nwhw <01952> sswrtm <07326> lk <03605> Nyaw <0369> rsetm <06238> sy (13:7) <03426>

NETBible

There is one who pretends to be rich¹ and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor² and yet possesses great wealth.³

NET Notes

¹tn The Hitpael of עָשַׁר (’ashar, “to be rich”) means “to pretend to be rich” (BDB 799 s.v. עָשַׁר Hithp); this is the so-called “Hollywood Hitpael” function which involves “acting” or pretending to be something one is not.

²tn The Hitpolel of רוּשׁ (rush, “to be poor”) means “to pretend to be poor” (BDB 930 s.v. Hithpolel); this is another example of the “Hollywood Hitpael” – the Hitpolel forms of hollow root verbs are the equivalent of Hitpael stem forms.

³sn The proverb seems to be a general observation on certain people in life, but it is saying more. Although there are times when such pretending may not be wrong, the proverb is instructing people to be honest. An empty pretentious display or a concealing of wealth can come to no good.