Proverbs 17:17
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
American King James Version (AKJV)
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
American Standard Version (ASV)
A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.
Webster's Revision
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
World English Bible
A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
English Revised Version (ERV)
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Clarke's Proverbs 17:17 Bible Commentary
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.
Barnes's Proverbs 17:17 Bible Commentary
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.
Wesley's Proverbs 17:17 Bible Commentary
17:17 Was born - Was sent into the world for this, that he might comfort and relieve his brother in adversity.