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 wealth of the rich is his fortified city;(A)
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

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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 A poor person is hated even by his neighbor,(A)
but there are many who love the rich.(B)

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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 wealth of the rich is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.(A)

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

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23 The poor person pleads,(A)
but the rich one answers roughly.(B)

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

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Rich and poor have this in common:[a]
the Lord makes them all.(A)

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Notas al pie

  1. 22:2 Lit poor meet

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

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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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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 enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.(A)

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

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Better the poor person who lives with integrity(A)
than the rich one who distorts right and wrong.[a](B)

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Notas al pie

  1. 28:6 Lit who twists two ways

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 A rich person is wise in his own eyes,
but a poor one who has discernment sees through him.

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