¹⁰ Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend , And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity ; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

¹⁰ Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

¹⁰ Don't leave your friends or your parents' friends and run home to your family when things get rough; Better a nearby friend than a distant family.