Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Is it not a sorrow comparable to that of death when a dear friend turns into an enemy?
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Is it not a sorrow like that for death itself when a dear friend turns into an enemy?
Good News Translation®
The grief caused when a close friendship turns sour is as bad as death.
Wycliffe Bible
Whether sorrow is not till to death? Forsooth a fellow of (the) table and a friend shall be turned to enmity. [Whether not sorrow is unto death? A meat-fellow forsooth a friend to enmity shall be turned.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Is it not a grief to the death when a companion and friend turns to enmity?
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Does not sorrow draw near to death when a companion and friend turns into an enemy?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Is it not a sorrow like that for death itself when a dear friend turns into an enemy?
Common English Bible © 2011
Doesn’t the pain bring a person close to death when a companion and friend turns into an enemy?
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Is it not a sorrow unto death when your other self becomes your enemy?
Revised Standard Version
Is it not a grief to the death when a companion and friend turns to enmity?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Is it not a sorrow like that for death itself when a dear friend turns into an enemy?