Verse Comparison: Proverbs 18:24
American Standard Version
He that maketh many friends `doeth it' to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Amplified® Bible
The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Darby English Version
A man of [many] friends will come to ruin but there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.
King James Version
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Revised Standard Version
There are friends who pretend to be friends,
but there is a friend who sticks 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!
