Proverbs 18:24
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

Young's Literal Translation
A man with friends [is] to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

King James Bible
A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.

Hebrew
A man
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of many companions
רֵ֭עִים (rê·‘îm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

may come to ruin,
לְהִתְרֹעֵ֑עַ (lə·hiṯ·rō·‘ê·a‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7489: To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad

but there is
וְיֵ֥שׁ (wə·yêš)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is

a friend
אֹ֝הֵ֗ב (’ō·hêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f

who stays closer
דָּבֵ֥ק (dā·ḇêq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1695: A clinging, cleaving

than a brother.
מֵאָֽח׃ (mê·’āḥ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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