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Proverbs 17:17

Context
NET ©

A friend 1  loves at all times, and a relative 2  is born to help in adversity. 3 

NIV ©

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

NASB ©

A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.

NLT ©

A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.

MSG ©

Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble.

BBE ©

A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

NRSV ©

A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.

NKJV ©

A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.


KJV
A friend
<07453>
loveth
<0157> (8802)
at all times
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and a brother
<0251>
is born
<03205> (8735)
for adversity
<06869>_.
NASB ©
A friend
<07453>
loves
<0157>
at all
<03605>
times
<06256>
, And a brother
<0251>
is born
<03205>
for adversity
<07463>
.
HEBREW
dlwy
<03205>
hrul
<06869>
xaw
<0251>
erh
<07453>
bha
<0157>
te
<06256>
lkb (17:17)
<03605>
LXXM
eiv
<1519
PREP
panta
<3956
A-ASM
kairon
<2540
N-ASM
filov
<5384
A-NSM
uparcetw
<5225
V-PAD-3S
soi
<4771
P-DS
adelfoi
<80
N-NPM
de
<1161
PRT
en
<1722
PREP
anagkaiv {N-DPF} crhsimoi
<5539
A-NPM
estwsan
<1510
V-PAD-3P
toutou
<3778
D-GSM
gar
<1063
PRT
carin
<5485
N-ASF
gennwntai
<1080
V-PPI-3P
NET © [draft] ITL
A friend
<07453>
loves
<0157>
at all
<03605>
times
<06256>
, and a relative
<0251>
is born
<03205>
to help in adversity
<06869>
.
NET ©

A friend 1  loves at all times, and a relative 2  is born to help in adversity. 3 

NET © Notes

sn The verse uses synonymous parallelism, so “friend” and “relative” are equated. Others, however, will take the verse with antithetical parallelism: W. G. Plaut argues that friendship is a spiritual relationship whereas a brother’s ties are based on a blood relationship – often adversity is the only thing that brings brothers together (Proverbs, 189).

tn Heb “a brother.”

tn Heb “is born for adversity.” This is not referring to sibling rivalry but to the loyalty a brother shows during times of calamity. This is not to say that a brother only shows loyalty when there is trouble, nor that he always does in these times (e.g., 18:19, 24; 19:7; 27:10). The true friend is the same as a brotherly relation – in times of greatest need the loyal love is displayed.



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