Translations
Don't abandon your friend or your father's friend — and when disaster strikes, don't run to a distant brother's house. A neighbor nearby is worth more than a brother who's far away.
Do not forsake your friend or your father's friend; and do not go to your brother's house on the day of your disaster. A neighbour close at hand is better than a brother far away.
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.