Proverbs

Proverbs 27:10

¹⁰Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend,

and do not go to your brother’s house

in the day of your calamity;

better a neighbor nearby

than a brother far away.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do not	אַֽל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
forsake	תַּעֲזֹ֗ב	ta·‘ă·zōḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
your friend	רֵֽעֲךָ֨	rê·‘ă·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7453 shouting, roar
or your father’s	אָבִ֡יךָ	’ā·ḇî·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H1 father
friend	וְרֵעֶה	wə·rē·ʿɛh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7463 friend
and do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
go	תָּ֭בוֹא	tā·ḇō·w	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to your brother’s	אָחִ֗יךָ	’ā·ḥî·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H251 brother
house	וּבֵ֥ית	ū·ḇêṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
in the day	בְּי֣וֹם	bə·yō·wm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
of your calamity	אֵידֶ֑ךָ	’ê·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H343 distress, calamity
better	ט֥וֹב	ṭō·wḇ	Adjective - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
a neighbor	שָׁכֵ֥ן	šā·ḵên	Noun - masculine singular	H7934 inhabitant, neighbour
nearby	קָ֝ר֗וֹב	qā·rō·wḇ	Adjective - masculine singular	H7138 near
than a brother	מֵאָ֥ח	mê·’āḥ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H251 brother
far away	רָחֽוֹק׃	rā·ḥō·wq	Adjective - masculine singular	H7350 distant, far

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 18:24 · Proverbs 17:17 · 1 Kings 12:6–8 · Luke 10:30–37 · Obadiah 1:12–14 · Proverbs 19:7 · 2 Samuel 19:24 · Job 6:21–23

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.