The Meaning of Proverbs 13:7 Explained

Proverbs 13:7

KJV: There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

YLT: There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth is abundant.

Darby: There is that feigneth himself rich, and hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, and hath great wealth.

ASV: There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

There is  that maketh himself rich,  yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor,  yet  [hath] great  riches. 

What does Proverbs 13:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 13

1  a scoffer does not listen to rebuke

What do the individual words in Proverbs 13:7 mean?

There is one who makes himself rich and yet [has] nothing all [And] one who makes himself poor and yet [has] riches great
יֵ֣שׁ מִ֭תְעַשֵּׁר וְאֵ֣ין כֹּ֑ל מִ֝תְרוֹשֵׁ֗שׁ וְה֣וֹן רָֽב

יֵ֣שׁ  There  is 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יֵשׁ  
Sense: being, existence, substance, there is or are.
מִ֭תְעַשֵּׁר  one  who  makes  himself  rich 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Participle, masculine singular
Root: עָשַׁר  
Sense: to be or become rich or wealthy, enrich, pretend to be rich.
וְאֵ֣ין  and  yet  [has]  nothing 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
מִ֝תְרוֹשֵׁ֗שׁ  [And]  one  who  makes  himself  poor 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Participle, masculine singular
Root: רוּשׁ  
Sense: to be poor, be in want, lack.
וְה֣וֹן  and  yet  [has]  riches 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֹון  
Sense: wealth, riches, substance.
רָֽב  great 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.