Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Proverbs 14:20

Context
NETBible

A poor person is disliked 1  even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

XREF

Es 3:2; Es 5:10,11; Job 6:21-23; Job 19:13,14; Job 30:10; Pr 10:15; Pr 19:4,6; Pr 19:7

NET © Notes

tn Heb “hated.” The verse is just a statement of fact. The verbs “love” and “hate” must be seen in their connotations: The poor are rejected, avoided, shunned – that is, hated; but the rich are sought after, favored, embraced – that is, loved.



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