24 One person gives freely,
yet gains more;(A)
another withholds what is right,
only to become poor.(B)

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24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
    another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

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24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

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The rich rule over the poor,(A)
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.(B)

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The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is slave to the lender.

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The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

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27 The one who gives to the poor
will not be in need,
but one who turns his eyes away[a]
will receive many curses.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 28:27 Lit who shuts his eyes

27 Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,(A)
    but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.(B)

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27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

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