Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor. Young's Literal Translation The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty. King James Bible The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty. Hebrew The wealthה֣וֹן (hō·wn) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1952: Wealth, sufficiency of the rich man עָ֭שִׁיר (‘ā·šîr) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6223: Rich 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 but poverty רֵישָֽׁם׃ (rê·šām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 7389: Poverty is the ruin מְחִתַּ֖ת (mə·ḥit·taṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 4288: A dissolution, a ruin, consternation of the poor. דַּלִּ֣ים (dal·lîm) Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's 1800: Dangling, weak, thin |