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Proverbs 17:17

NETBible	A friend¹ loves at all times, and a relative² is born to help in adversity.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 17:17	A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 17:17	A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 17:17	A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 17:17	Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 17:17	A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 17:17	A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 17:17	A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
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KJV	A friend <07453> loveth <0157> (8802) at all times <06256>_, and a brother <0251> is born <03205> (8735) for adversity <06869>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 17:17	A friend <07453> loves <0157> at all <03605> times <06256> , And a brother <0251> is born <03205> for adversity <07463> .
LXXM	eiv <1519> PREP panta <3956> A-ASM kairon <2540> N-ASM filov <5384> A-NSM uparcetw <5225> V-PAD-3S soi <4771> P-DS adelfoi <80> N-NPM de <1161> PRT en <1722> PREP anagkaiv {N-DPF} crhsimoi <5539> A-NPM estwsan <1510> V-PAD-3P toutou <3778> D-GSM gar <1063> PRT carin <5485> N-ASF gennwntai <1080> V-PPI-3P
NET [draft] ITL	A friend <07453> loves <0157> at all <03605> times <06256> , and a relative <0251> is born <03205> to help in adversity <06869> .
HEBREW	dlwy <03205> hrul <06869> xaw <0251> erh <07453> bha <0157> te <06256> lkb (17:17) <03605>

NETBible

A friend¹ loves at all times, and a relative² is born to help in adversity.³

NET Notes

¹sn The verse uses synonymous parallelism, so “friend” and “relative” are equated. Others, however, will take the verse with antithetical parallelism: W. G. Plaut argues that friendship is a spiritual relationship whereas a brother’s ties are based on a blood relationship – often adversity is the only thing that brings brothers together (Proverbs, 189).

²tn Heb “a brother.”

³tn Heb “is born for adversity.” This is not referring to sibling rivalry but to the loyalty a brother shows during times of calamity. This is not to say that a brother only shows loyalty when there is trouble, nor that he always does in these times (e.g., 18:19, 24; 19:7; 27:10). The true friend is the same as a brotherly relation – in times of greatest need the loyal love is displayed.