(A)All a poor man's brothers hate him;
    (B)how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew sentence is uncertain

All the brothers of the poor, if they hate him,
    how much more will his friends keep away from him.
    He pursues them with words, and they are gone.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 19:7 Or “when he pursues words and not them”