Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. New Living Translation Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender. English Standard Version The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. Berean Standard Bible The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. King James Bible The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. New King James Version The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender. New American Standard Bible The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave. NASB 1995 The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave. NASB 1977 The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave. Legacy Standard Bible The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is the slave of the lender. Amplified Bible The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender. Christian Standard Bible The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave to the lender. Holman Christian Standard Bible The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave to the lender. American Standard Version The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender. Contemporary English Version The poor are ruled by the rich, and those who borrow are slaves of moneylenders. English Revised Version The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. GOD'S WORD® Translation A rich person rules poor people, and a borrower is a slave to a lender. Good News Translation Poor people are slaves of the rich. Borrow money and you are the lender's slave. International Standard Version The wealthy rule over the poor, and anyone who borrows is a slave to the lender. Majority Standard Bible The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. NET Bible The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. New Heart English Bible The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender. Webster's Bible Translation The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. World English Bible The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe rich rules over the poor, "" And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender. Young's Literal Translation The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant is the borrower to the lender. Smith's Literal Translation The rich one will rule over the poor, and he borrowing, a servant to the man lending. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth. Catholic Public Domain Version The rich rule over the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender. New American Bible The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. New Revised Standard Version The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe rich shall be ruled by the poor, and the servant shall loan to his former lender. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated A rich man will be authorized by the poor and the Servant will lend to him who was his lender. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The rich ruleth over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender. Brenton Septuagint Translation The rich will rule over the poor, and servants will lend to their own masters. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Good Name…6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. 7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. 8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.… Cross References Romans 13:8 Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” James 2:6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court? 1 Corinthians 7:23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery. Deuteronomy 15:6 When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none. Deuteronomy 28:12 The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none. Nehemiah 5:4-5 Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards. / We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.” 2 Kings 4:1 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!” 2 Kings 6:5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!” Matthew 18:23-25 Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. / As he began the settlements, a debtor owing ten thousand talents was brought to him. / Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned. Exodus 22:25 If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest. Leviticus 25:39-43 If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor. / Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee. / Then he and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his fathers. ... Nehemiah 5:1-5 About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. / Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.” / Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.” ... Treasury of Scripture The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. rich Proverbs 22:16,22 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want… Proverbs 14:31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. Proverbs 18:23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly. the borrower 2 Kings 4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. Nehemiah 5:4,5 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards… Isaiah 24:2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. lender Jump to Previous Borrower Creditor Debt Gets Lender Poor Rich Rule Rules Ruleth Servant Slave WealthJump to Next Borrower Creditor Debt Gets Lender Poor Rich Rule Rules Ruleth Servant Slave WealthProverbs 22 1. A good name is more desirable than great wealthThe rich rule over the poor This phrase highlights a socio-economic reality that has persisted throughout history. The Hebrew word for "rich" is "עָשִׁיר" (ashir), which denotes someone with wealth and resources. In ancient Israel, wealth was often seen as a sign of God's blessing, yet it also came with responsibilities. The "rule" here, from the Hebrew "מָשַׁל" (mashal), implies dominion or governance. This suggests a power dynamic where those with resources have influence over those without. The "poor," or "רָשׁ" (rash), are those lacking material wealth, often vulnerable to exploitation. This verse serves as a cautionary observation about the potential for economic disparity to lead to social inequality, urging the faithful to consider the ethical implications of wealth and power. and the borrower is slave to the lender Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The richעָ֭שִׁיר (‘ā·šîr) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6223: Rich rule יִמְשׁ֑וֹל (yim·šō·wl) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4910: To rule, have dominion, reign over the poor, בְּרָשִׁ֣ים (bə·rā·šîm) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7326: To be in want or poor and the borrower לֹ֝וֶ֗ה (lō·weh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3867: To twine, to unite, to remain, to borrow, to lend is slave וְעֶ֥בֶד (wə·‘e·ḇeḏ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant to the lender. מַלְוֶֽה׃ (mal·weh) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3867: To twine, to unite, to remain, to borrow, to lend Links Proverbs 22:7 NIVProverbs 22:7 NLT Proverbs 22:7 ESV Proverbs 22:7 NASB Proverbs 22:7 KJV Proverbs 22:7 BibleApps.com Proverbs 22:7 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 22:7 Chinese Bible Proverbs 22:7 French Bible Proverbs 22:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 22:7 The rich rule over the poor (Prov. 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