Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale. New Living Translation The rich think of their wealth as a strong defense; they imagine it to be a high wall of safety. English Standard Version A rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination. Berean Standard Bible A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination. King James Bible The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. New King James Version The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own esteem. New American Standard Bible A rich person’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own imagination. NASB 1995 A rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own imagination. NASB 1977 A rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own imagination. Legacy Standard Bible A rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own delusion. Amplified Bible The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall [of protection] in his own imagination and conceit. Christian Standard Bible The wealth of the rich is his fortified city; in his imagination it is like a high wall. Holman Christian Standard Bible A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; in his imagination it is like a high wall. American Standard Version The rich man's wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Honor and wealth are the city of his strength and his dwelling is strengthened by a city wall. Brenton Septuagint Translation The wealth of a rich man is a strong city; and its glory casts a broad shadow. Contemporary English Version the rich think their money is a wall of protection. Douay-Rheims Bible The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as a strong wall compassing him about. English Revised Version The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own imagination. GOD'S WORD® Translation A rich person's wealth is his strong city and is like a high wall in his imagination. Good News Translation Rich people, however, imagine that their wealth protects them like high, strong walls around a city. International Standard Version The wealth of a rich person is his fortified city; in his own imagination, it is like a high wall. JPS Tanakh 1917 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own conceit. Literal Standard Version The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength, | And as a wall set on high in his own imagination. Majority Standard Bible A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination. New American Bible The wealth of the rich is their strong city; they fancy it a high wall. NET Bible The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination. New Revised Standard Version The wealth of the rich is their strong city; in their imagination it is like a high wall. New Heart English Bible The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination. Webster's Bible Translation The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit. World English Bible The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination. Young's Literal Translation The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Selfishness of the Unfriendly…10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. 11A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination. 12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.… Cross References Proverbs 10:15 The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor. Proverbs 18:12 Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor. Treasury of Scripture The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. Proverbs 10:15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. Proverbs 11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. Deuteronomy 32:31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. Jump to Previous City Conceit Fortified Heart High Imagination Imagine Property Rich Strength Strong Thoughts Wall WealthJump to Next City Conceit Fortified Heart High Imagination Imagine Property Rich Strength Strong Thoughts Wall WealthProverbs 18 1. A fool delights not in understandingVerse 11. - In contrast with the Divine tower of safety in the preceding verse is here brought forward the earthly refuge of the worldly man. The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The clause is repeated from Proverbs 10:15, but with quite a different conclusion. And as an high wall in his own conceit. The rich man imagines his wealth to be, as it were, an unassailable defence, to preserve him safe amid all the storms of life. בְּמַשְׂכִּתו (bemaskitho), rendered "in his own conceit," is, as Venetian has, ἐν φαντασίᾳ αὐτοῦ, "in his imagination," maskith being "an image or picture," as in Leviticus 26:1; Ezekiel 8:12; but see on Proverbs 25:11. Aben Ezra brings out the opposition between the secure and stable trust of the righteous in the Lord's protection, and the confidence of the rich worldling in his possessions, which is only imaginary and delusive. Vulgate, Et quasi murus validus circumdans eum, "Like a strong wall surrounding him;" Septuagint, "And its glory (δόξα) greatly overshadows him;" i.e. the pomp and splendour of his wealth are his protection, or merely paint him like a picture, having no real substance. The commentators explain the word ἐπισκιάζει in both senses. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew A richעָ֭שִׁיר (‘ā·šîr) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6223: Rich man’s wealth ה֣וֹן (hō·wn) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1952: Wealth, sufficiency is his fortified עֻזּ֑וֹ (‘uz·zōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5797: Strength, might city; קִרְיַ֣ת (qir·yaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 7151: A town, city it is like a high נִ֝שְׂגָּבָ֗ה (niś·gā·ḇāh) Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 7682: To be, lofty, inaccessible, safe, strong wall וּכְחוֹמָ֥ה (ū·ḵə·ḥō·w·māh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2346: A wall of protection in his imagination. בְּמַשְׂכִּיתֽוֹ׃ (bə·maś·kî·ṯōw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4906: A showpiece, figure, imagination Links Proverbs 18:11 NIVProverbs 18:11 NLT Proverbs 18:11 ESV Proverbs 18:11 NASB Proverbs 18:11 KJV Proverbs 18:11 BibleApps.com Proverbs 18:11 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 18:11 Chinese Bible Proverbs 18:11 French Bible Proverbs 18:11 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 18:11 The rich man's wealth is his strong (Prov. 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