the Third Week after Easter
Click here to join the effort!
Read the Bible
JPS Old Testament
Proverbs 17:17
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- BakerEncyclopedias:
- InternationalParallel Translations
A friend loves at all times,and a brother is born for a difficult time.
A friend loves at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
A friend loves you all the time, and a brother helps in time of trouble.
A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
A friend loves at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
A friende loueth at all times: and a brother is borne for aduersitie.
A friend loves at all times,And a brother is born for adversity.
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
A friend is always a friend, and relatives are born to share our troubles.
A friend shows his friendship at all times — it is for adversity that [such] a brother is born.
The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
A friend loves you all the time, but a brother was born to help in times of trouble.
A friend loves at all times; but a brother is born for adversity.
Friends always show their love. What are relatives for if not to share trouble?
The friend loves at all times, but a brother is born for adversity.
A friend loves at every time, but a brother is born for distress.
He is a frende that allwaye loueth, and in aduersite a man shal knowe who is his brother.
A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.
A friend loueth at all times, and a brother is borne for aduersitie.
He is a frende that alway loueth, and in aduersitie a man shall knowe who is his brother.
Have thou a friend for every time, and let brethren be useful in distress; for on this account are they born.
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
He that is a frend, loueth in al tyme; and a brother is preuyd in angwischis.
A friend loves at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.
A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.
A friend loves at all times. A brother is born to share troubles.
A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.
At all times, doth a friend love, and, a brother for distress, must be born.
He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.
Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble.
A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 18:24, Proverbs 19:7, Ruth 1:16, 1 Samuel 18:3, 1 Samuel 19:2, 1 Samuel 20:17, 1 Samuel 23:16, 2 Samuel 1:26, 2 Samuel 9:1-13, Esther 4:14, John 15:13, John 15:14, Hebrews 2:11
Reciprocal: Genesis 14:14 - his brother Judges 11:7 - Did not ye hate Ruth 1:14 - but Ruth Ruth 2:20 - hath not 2 Samuel 15:21 - surely 2 Samuel 16:17 - why wentest Job 2:11 - friends Job 6:14 - To him Psalms 119:20 - at all times Proverbs 27:10 - better
Cross-References
And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying:
And God said: 'Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
And Sarah laughed within herself, saying: 'After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?'
And Sarah said: 'God hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.'
And there came forth fire from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat; and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
And they fell upon their faces, and said: 'O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt Thou be wroth with all the congregation?'
span data-lang="eng" data-trans="jps" data-ref="num.16.1" class="versetxt"> Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men; and they rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect men of the assembly, men of renown; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them: 'Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?' And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face. And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the morning the LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to come near unto Him. This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his company; and put fire therein, and put incense upon them before the LORD to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy; ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.' And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi: is it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them; and that He hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee? and will ye seek the priesthood also? Therefore thou and all thy company that are gathered together against the LORD--; and as to Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?' And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said: 'We will not come up; is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us? Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards; wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.' And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD: 'Respect not Thou their offering; I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.' And Moses said unto Korah: 'Be thou and all thy congregation before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow; and take ye every man his fire-pan, and put incense upon them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his fire-pan, two hundred and fifty fire-pans; thou also, and Aaron, each his fire-pan.' And they took every man his fire-pan, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. And Korah assembled all the congregation against them unto the door of the tent of meeting; and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: 'Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.' And they fell upon their faces, and said: 'O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt Thou be wroth with all the congregation?' And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 'Speak unto the congregation, saying: Get you up from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.' And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. And he spoke unto the congregation, saying: 'Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be swept away in all their sins.' So they got them up from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side; and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, and their sons, and their little ones. And Moses said: 'Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works, and that I have not done them of mine own mind. If these men die the common death of all men, and be visited after the visitation of all men, then the LORD hath not sent Me. But if the LORD make a new thing, and the ground open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into the pit, then ye shall understand that these men have despised the LORD.' And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground did cleave asunder that was under them. And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit; and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly. And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said: 'Lest the earth swallow us up.' And fire came forth from the LORD, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.
And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A friend loveth at all times,.... A true, hearty, faithful friend, loves in times of adversity as well as in times of prosperity: there are many that are friends to persons, while they are in affluent circumstances; but when there is a change in their condition, and they are stripped of all riches and substance; than their friends forsake them, and stand at a distance from them; as was the case of Job,
Job 19:14; it is a very rare thing to find a friend that is a constant lover, such an one as here described;
and a brother is born for adversity; for a time of adversity, as Jarchi: he is born into the world for this purpose; to sympathize with his brother in distress, to relieve him, comfort and support him; and if he does not do this, when it is in his power to do it, he does not answer the end of his being born into the world. The Jewish writers understand this as showing the difference between a friend and a brother: a cordial friend loves at all times, prosperous and adverse; but a "brother [loves when] adversity [is] born" s, or is, so Aben Ezra; he loves when he is forced to it; when the distress of his brother, who is his flesh and bone, as Gersom observes, obliges him to it: but this may be understood of the same person who is the friend; he is a brother, and acts the part of one in a time of adversity, for which he is born and brought into the world; it being so ordered by divine Providence, that a man should have a friend born against the time he stands in need of him t. To no one person can all this be applied with so much truth and exactness as to our Lord Jesus Christ; he is a "friend", not of angels only, but of men; more especially of his church and people; of sinful men, of publicans and sinners; as appears by his calling them to repentance, by his receiving them, and by his coming into the world to save them: he "loves" them, and loves them constantly; he loved them before time; so early were they on his heart and in his book of life; so early was he the surety of them, and the covenant of grace made with him; and their persons and grace put into his hands, which he took the care of: he loved them in time, and before time began with them; thus they were preserved in him, when they fell in Adam; were redeemed by his precious blood, when as yet they were not in being, at least many of them: he loves them as soon as time begins with them, as soon as born; though impure by their first birth, transgressors from the womb, enemies and enmity itself unto him; he waits to be gracious to them, and sends his Gospel and his Spirit to find them out and call them: and he continues to love them after conversion; in times of backsliding; in times of desertion; in times of temptation, and in times of affliction: he loves them indeed to the end of time, and to all eternity; nor is there a moment of time to be fixed upon, in which he does not love them. And he is a "brother" to his people; through his incarnation, he is a partaker of the same flesh and blood with them; and through their adoption, they having one and the same Father; nor is he ashamed to own the relation; and he has all the freedom, affection, compassion, and condescension, of a brother in him: and now he is a brother "born"; see Isaiah 9:6; born of a woman, a virgin, at Bethlehem, in the fulness of time, for and on the behalf of his people; even "for adversity"; to bear and endure adversity himself, which he did, by coming into a state of meanness and poverty; through the reproaches and persecutions of men, the temptations of Satan, the ill usage of his own disciples, the desertion of his father, the strokes of justice, and the sufferings of death; also for the adversity of his people, to sympathize with them, bear them up under it, and deliver them out of it. The ancient Jews had a notion that this Scripture has some respect to the Messiah; for, to show that the Messiah, being God, would by his incarnation become a brother to men, they cite this passage of Scripture as a testimony of it u.
s ואח לצרה יולד "et fater diligit quando tribulatio nascitur", Munster; so some in Vatablus. t "Nihil homini amico est opportuno amicus", Plauti Epidicus, Act. 3. Sc. 3. v. 43. u Mechilta spud Galatin. Cathol. Ver. Arcan. l. 3. c. 28.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Some take the proverb to describe (as in Proverbs 18:24) the “friend that sticketh closer than a brother:” and render: At all times, a friend loveth, but in adversity he is born (i. e., becomes) a brother.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 17:17. A friend loveth at all times — Equally in adversity as in prosperity. And a brother, according to the ties and interests of consanguinity, is born to support and comfort a brother in distress.
