財物能使朋友增多，貧弱者卻遭夥伴遠離。

财物使朋友增多；但穷人朋友远离。

财富使朋友增多；贫寒人连仅有的朋友也离弃他。

财富使朋友增多；贫寒人连仅有的朋友也离弃他。

财富招来许多朋友，穷人却遭朋友抛弃。

财富使朋友增多，但穷人连他的一个朋友也与他分离。

财物能使朋友增多，贫弱者却遭伙伴远离。

財物使朋友增多；但窮人朋友遠離。

財富使朋友增多；貧寒人連僅有的朋友也離棄他。

財富使朋友增多；貧寒人連僅有的朋友也離棄他。

財富招來許多朋友，窮人卻遭朋友拋棄。

財富使朋友增多，但窮人連他的一個朋友也與他分離。

財物使朋友增多；但窮困人、連個朋友都跟他分離。

富厚則友朋增、貧窮則故舊絕、

富厚則交道廣、貧乏則鄰里絶。

人富厚則朋友增多、一貧乏則密友相離、

Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.

Wealth brings many friends. But even the closest friend of a poor person abandons them.

Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

Wealth makes many“ friends”; poverty drives them all away.

Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

Wealth adds many friends, But a poor person is separated from his friend.

Wealth makes many friends, But the poor is separated from his friend.

Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.

Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is separated from his friend.

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

窮人甚至被他的鄰人所恨惡；富人卻有許多喜愛他的人。

許多人懇求高貴者的情面，每個人都是送禮之人的朋友。窮人的所有兄弟都恨惡他，他的夥伴更是遠離他！他好言好語地懇求，他們卻不理會。

沒過幾天，那小兒子就收拾了一切，往一個遙遠的地方去旅行了。他在那裡過著放蕩的生活，揮霍他的錢財。當他花盡了自己的一切，那地方又發生了嚴重的饑荒，他就開始窮困起來。於是他去投靠當地的一個居民，那人打發他到自己的田裡去放豬。

富人的財物，是他堅固的城；貧弱者的貧窮，使自己敗亡。