Proverbs 13:8

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The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.

In other translations

The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.

Hebrew words

כֹּפֶרkofer[the] ransom ofH3724נֶפֶשׁ־nefesh-[the] life ofH5315אִישׁ'isha personH376עָשְׁרוֹashero[is] wealth hisH6239וְרָשׁverashand a poor [person]H7326לֹא־lo'-notH3808שָׁמַעshama'he hearsH8085גְּעָרָה׃ge'araha threatH1606

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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