Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and when thou art in distress go not into thy brother's house: better is a friend [that is] near than a brother living far off.
LXX2012
Proverbs 27:10
Your own friend, and your father's friend, forsake not; and when you are in distress go not into your brother's house: better is a friend [that is] near than a brother living far off.
Parallel Translations
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:24Proverbs 17:17Luke 10:30–371 Kings 12:6–8Proverbs 19:7Obadiah 1:12–14Job 6:21–232 Samuel 19:242 Chronicles 10:6–82 Samuel 21:72 Samuel 19:28Jeremiah 2:5Isaiah 41:8–102 Chronicles 24:22Acts 23:23–35
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