Proverbs 10:15
WEB
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
BSB
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
KJV
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H1952
n-m — wealth, enough
Derivation: from the same as 1951 in the sense of 202;
wealth; by implication, enough
KJV: enough, for nought, riches, substance, wealth.
n.m — wealth
הוֹן n.m. wealth, sufficiency (poet., almost wholly WisdLt, especially Pr)
H6223
n-m — rich, noble
Derivation: from 6238;
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
KJV: rich (man).
n. m — rich
עָשִׁיר rich; usu. n. m. the rich
H7151
n-f — city
Derivation: from 7136 in the sense of flooring, i.e. building;
a city
KJV: city.
n.f — town
קִרְיָה n.f. town, city
H5797
n-m — strength, force, security, majesty, praise
Derivation: or (fully) עוֹז; from 5810;
strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)
KJV: boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.
n.m — strength
עֹז, and (rarely) עוֹז n.m. strength, might
1. material and physical
2. personal, social, and political
3. might of י׳
4. = boldness, impudence
5. = stronghold
H4288
n-f — dissolution, ruin, consternation
Derivation: from 2846;
properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
KJV: destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.
n.f — terror
מְחִתָּה n.f. terror, destruction, ruin
H1800
a — dangling, weak, thin
Derivation: from 1809;
properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
KJV: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
adj — low
דַּל adj. low, weak, poor, thin (especially common in Wisd. lit. and poet.)
H7389
n-m — poverty
Derivation: or רֵאשׁ; or רִישׁ; from 7326;
poverty
KJV: poverty.
n.m — poverty
רִישׁ, רֵישׁ, רֵאשׁ n.m. poverty, only Pr
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Verse 15
Proverbs 10:15
This may be taken two ways: - 1. As a reason why we should be diligent in our business, that we may avoid that sinking dispiriting uneasiness which attends poverty, and may enjoy the benefit and comfort which those have that are beforehand in the world. Taking pains is really the way to make ourselves and our families easy. Or, rather, 2. As a representation of the common mistakes both of rich and poor, concerning their outward condition. (1.) Rich people think themselves happy because they are rich; but it is their mistake: The rich man's wealth is, in his own conceit, his strong city, whereas the worst of evils it is too weak and utterly insufficient to protect them from. It will prove that they are not so safe as they imagine; nay, their wealth may perhaps expose them. (2.) Poor people think themselves undone because they are poor; but it is their mistake: The destruction of the poor is their poverty; it sinks their spirits, and ruins all their comforts; whereas a man may live very comfortably, though he has but a little to live on, if he be but content, and keep a good conscience, and live by faith.