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Proverbs 22:2

The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

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עָשִׁ֣ירashirrichעָשִׁירadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “rich”, the ordinary formH6223rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)rich (man).וָרָ֣שׁvarashand lackרוּשׁconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and lack”, a verb used as a describing wordH7326to be destitutelack, needy, (make self) poor (man).נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּnifgashvmeetפָּגַשׁverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “meet”, a completed actionH6298to come in contact with, whether by accident or violence; figuratively, to concurmeet (with, together).עֹשֵׂ֖הosehdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, participle, construct — “do”, a verb used as a describing wordH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…כֻלָּ֣םkhulamallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The rich and the poor meet together — the LORD is the maker of them all.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.

Young’s Literal Translation

Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all [is] Jehovah.

World English Bible

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

Darby Translation

The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.

Douay-Rheims

The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The rich and the poor meet together — the LORD is the maker of them all.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The rich and the poor meet together; but the Lord made them both.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πλούσιος καὶ πτωχὸς συνήντησαν ἀλλήλοις, ἀμφοτέρους δὲ ὁ κύριος ἐποίησε.