Proverbs 22:6-7
New International Version
6 Start(A) children off on the way they should go,(B)
and even when they are old they will not turn from it.(C)
7 The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Proverbs 22:6-7
New Century Version
6 Train children to live the right way,
and when they are old, they will not stray from it.
7 The rich rule over the poor,
and borrowers are servants to lenders.
Proverbs 22:6-7
Good News Translation
6 (A)Teach children how they should live, and they will remember it all their life.
7 Poor people are slaves of the rich. Borrow money and you are the lender's slave.
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Proverbs 22:6-7
American Standard Version
6 Train up a child [a]in the way he should go,
And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 The rich ruleth over the poor;
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:6 Hebrew according to his way.
Proverbs 22:6-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 Train children in the right way,
and when old, they will not stray.(A)
7 The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.(B)
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