King James Version
Proverbs 13:7 in the King James Version says “There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.”
Proverbs 13:7 · KJV
A righteous man hateth lying : but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. the sinner: Heb. sin
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. lamp: or, candle
KJV Study — Public Domain
“There is”
H3426there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
“that maketh himself rich”
H6238properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
“yet”
H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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