[和合本] 滥交朋友的，自取败坏，但有一朋友，比弟兄更亲密。
[新标点] 滥交朋友的，自取败坏；但有一朋友比弟兄更亲密。
[和合修] 朋友太多的人，必受损害【“朋友…损害”或译“有些朋友是玩弄友谊的”】；但有一知己比兄弟更亲密。
[新译本] 朋友众多的人，终必彼此破裂，但有一位朋友，比兄弟更亲密。
[当代修] 滥交友，自招损； 得知己，胜手足。
[现代修] 泛泛的伙伴情薄似纸；深交的朋友亲逾骨肉。
[吕振中] 有（传统：人）些朋友只是做同伴（或译：终必彼此破裂）；但有爱友、比弟兄更亲密。
[思高本] 交朋友过多，必会有损害；但有些朋友，远胜亲兄弟。
[文理本] 滥交多友、必致败亡、有友一人、亲于昆弟、
[GNT] Some friendships do not last, but some friends are more loyal than brothers.
[BBE] There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.
[KJV] A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
[NKJV] A man [who has] friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend [who] sticks closer than a brother.
[KJ21] A man that hath friends must show himself friendly, and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
[NASB] A person of too many friends comes to (Lit be broken in pieces)ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
[NRSV] Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one's nearest kin.
[WEB] A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
[ESV] A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
[NIV] A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
[NIrV] Even a man who has many companions can be destroyed. But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
[HCSB] A man with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
[CSB] A man with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
[AMP] 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.
[NLT] There are "friends" who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.
[YLT] A man with friends [is] to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!