Parallel ECC 7:8

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BSB The end of a matter is better than the beginning,
⇔ and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.

OEB The end of a thing is better than the beginning,
⇔ And the patience is better than pride.

WEB Better is the end of a thing than its beginning.
¶ The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

NET The end of a matter is better than its beginning;
 ⇔ likewise, patience is better than pride.

LSV Better [is] the latter end of a thing than its beginning,
Better [is] the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.

FBV Completing something is better than starting it. Being patient is better than being proud.

T4T  ⇔ Finishing something is better than starting something,
⇔ and being patient is better than being proud.

LEB  • is better than its beginning;

BBE The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

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JPS Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

ASV Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

DRA Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall destroy the strength of his heart.

YLT Better [is] the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better [is] the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.

DBY Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit.

RV Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

WBS Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

KJB Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

BB Better is it to consider the ende of a thing then the beginning: The pacient of spirite, is better then the hye minded.
  (Better is it to consider the end of a thing then the beginning: The pacient of spirit, is better then the high minded.)

GNV For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.
  (For like ye/you_all noyse of the thornes under the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.)

CB The ende of a thinge is better then the begynnynge. The pacient of sprete is better then the hie mynded.
  (The end of a thing is better then the beginning. The pacient of spirit is better then the high mindd.)

WYC Fals chalenge disturblith a wijs man, and it schal leese the strengthe of his herte.
  (Fals chalenge disturblith a wijs man, and it shall leese the strengthe of his heart.)

LUT Das Ende eines Dinges ist besser denn sein Anfang. Ein geduldiger Geist ist besser denn ein hoher Geist.
  (The Ende eines Dinges is besser because his beginning. Ein geduldiger spirit is besser because a hoher spirit.)

CLV Calumnia conturbat sapientem, et perdet robur cordis illius.
  (Calumnia conturbat sapientem, and perdet robur cordis illius.)

BRN The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: the patient is better than the high-minded.

BrLXX Ἀγαθὴ ἐσχάτη λόγων ὑπὲρ ἀρχὴν αὐτοῦ, ἀγαθὸν μακρόθυμος ὑπὲρ ὑψηλὸν πνεύματι.
  (Agathaʸ esⱪataʸ logōn huper arⱪaʸn autou, agathon makrothumos huper hupsaʸlon pneumati.)