15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,(A)
    but poverty is the ruin of the poor.(B)

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15 The riches of the wealthy are their strong city;
    the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
    but the rich have many friends.(A)

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20 Even their neighbors hate the poor,
    but many love the wealthy.

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11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;(A)
    they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

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11 The riches of the wealthy are a strong city
    and like a high wall in their imagination.

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23 The poor plead for mercy,
    but the rich answer harshly.

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23 The poor plead for help,
    but the wealthy answer harshly.

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Rich and poor have this in common:
    The Lord is the Maker of them all.(A)

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The rich and the poor have this in common:
    the Lord made them both.

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

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The wealthy rule over the poor;
    a borrower is a slave to a lender.

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16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
    and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

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16 Oppressing the poor to get rich
    and giving to the wealthy lead only to poverty.

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Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)

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Better to be poor and walk in innocence
    than to be on crooked paths and wealthy.

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11 The rich are wise in their own eyes;
    one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.

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11 Rich people think they are wise,
    but an insightful poor person sees through them.

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