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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
הון עשיר קרית עזו מחתת דלים רישם
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
hvn `SHyr qryt `zv mKHtt dlym rySHm

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
substantia divitis urbs fortitudinis eius pavor pauperum egestas eorum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Authorized (King James) Version   
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
New King James Version   
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
21st Century King James Version   
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
The property of the rich is mighty fortress cities, and the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
Darby Bible Translation   
The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
A rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
God's Word   
The rich person's wealth is [his] strong city. Poverty ruins the poor.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
A rich man's wealth is his fortified city; the poverty of the poor is their destruction.
International Standard Version   
The rich hide within the fortress that is their wealth, but the poor are dismayed due to their poverty.
NET Bible   
The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.
New American Standard Bible   
The rich man's wealth is his fortress, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
New International Version   
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
New Living Translation   
The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their destruction.
Webster's Bible Translation   
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The World English Bible   
The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Money keeps rich people safe, like a strong city. But poor people die because they have no one to help them.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.
New Life Version   
The riches of a rich man are his strength, but the need of the poor is what destroys them.
The Voice Bible   
The wealth of the rich is their powerful fortress; the poverty of the poor reduces them to rubble.
Living Bible   
The rich man’s wealth is his only strength. The poor man’s poverty is his only curse.
New Catholic Bible   
The wealth of the rich man is his stronghold; the poverty of the lowly is his undoing.
Legacy Standard Bible   
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the weakness of the poor is their poverty.
Christian Standard Bible   
The wealth of the rich is his fortified city; the poverty of the poor is their destruction.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
New Century Version   
Having lots of money protects the rich, but having no money destroys the poor.
The Message   
The wealth of the rich is their security; the poverty of the indigent is their ruin.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
A rich person’s wealth is his strong city. Poverty is the ruin of poor people.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
Good News Translation®   
Wealth protects the rich; poverty destroys the poor.
Wycliffe Bible   
The chattel of a rich man is the city of his strength; the dread of poor men is the neediness of them. (The substance of a rich man is his strong city; the fear of the poor is their own neediness.)
Contemporary English Version   
Great wealth can be a fortress, but poverty is no protection at all.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
A rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
Common English Bible © 2011   
The riches of the wealthy are their strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
The rich man’s wealth is his fortress; The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
A rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
The wealth of the rich is their strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
New American Standard Bible   
The rich person’s wealth is his fortress, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
The Expanded Bible   
·Having lots of money protects the rich [L The wealth of the rich is their strong city], but having no money ·destroys [is the ruin of] the poor.
Tree of Life Version   
The wealth of a rich man is a strong city. Poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Revised Standard Version   
A rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
New International Reader's Version   
The wealth of rich people is like a city that makes them feel safe. But having nothing destroys those who are poor.
BRG Bible   
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Complete Jewish Bible   
The wealth of the rich is his fortified city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
The oisher’s wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor ones is their poverty.
Names of God Bible   
The rich person’s wealth is his strong city. Poverty ruins the poor.
Modern English Version   
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Wealth protects the rich, but poverty destroys the poor.
International Children’s Bible   
Having lots of money protects the rich. But having no money destroys the poor.
Lexham English Bible   
The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
New International Version - UK   
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.