Verse List for PROV 12:9

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OET (OET-RV) It’s better to be little known yet have a servant, ⇔ than to be self-important but have nothing to eat.

OET-LV is_good one _who_is_lightly _esteemed and_a _servant to_him/it more_than_one _who_honours _himself and_he_is_lacking _of food.

ULT Better, is being disregarded and having a servant ⇔ than honoring oneself and lacking bread.

UST It is better to be a lowly person yet have a servant ⇔  than to think that you are important yet have no food.

BSB & MSB Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant ⇔  than to be self -important but lack food.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, ⇔  than he who honours himself and lacks bread.

NET Better is a person of humble standing who nevertheless has a servant, ⇔ than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.

LSV Better [is] the lightly esteemed who has a servant,
Than the self-honored who lacks bread.

FBV Better to be a humble man serving himself than a boastful man who has nothing to eat.

T4T ⇔  It is better to be a humble/ordinary person who has only one servant ⇔  than to think that you are very important while you have nothing to eat.

LEB • It is better to be lowly and a servant to someone[fn]
• than self-glorifying and lacking food.

BBE He who is of low position and has a servant, is better than one who has a high opinion of himself and is in need of bread.

Moff Better a man of low rank, with a servant, ⇔  than one who makes a show and has to do his own work.

JPS Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that playeth the man of rank, and lacketh bread.

ASV Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, ⇔ Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.

DRA Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread.

YLT Better [is] the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread.

Drby Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

RV Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
(Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath/has a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.)

SLT He is good being despised, and a servant to him above him, honoring himself, and wanting bread.

Wbstr He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoreth himself, and is destitute of bread.

KJB-1769 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
(He that is despised, and hath/has a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.)

KJB-1611 He that is despised and hath a seruant, is better then he that honoureth himselfe, and lacketh bread.
(He that is despised and hath/has a servant, is better then he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.)

Bshps He that is dispised and is yet his owne man, is better then the glorious that lacketh bread.
(He that is despised and is yet his own man, is better then the glorious that lacketh bread.)

Gnva He that is despised, and is his owne seruant, is better then he that boasteth himselfe and lacketh bread.
(He that is despised, and is his own servant, is better then he that boasteth himself and lacketh bread.)

Cvdl A simple man which laboureth and worketh, is better the one that is gorgious and wanteth bred.
(A simple man which laboureth and worketh/works, is better the one that is gorgeous and wanteth bred.)

Wycl Betere is a pore man, and sufficient to him silf, than a gloriouse man, and nedi of breed.
(Better is a poor man, and sufficient to himself, than a glorious man, and needy of bread.)

Luth Wer gering ist und wartet des Seinen, der ist besser, denn der groß sein will, dem des Brots mangelt.
(Who small/little is and waits the his_(one), the/of_the is better, because/than the/of_the large be will, to_him the bread lacking.)

ClVg Melior est pauper et sufficiens sibi quam gloriosus et indigens pane.
(Better it_is poor and sufficiens to_himself how glorious and indigens pane.)

UHB ט֣וֹב נִ֭קְלֶה וְ⁠עֶ֣בֶד ל֑⁠וֹ מִ֝⁠מְּתַכַּבֵּ֗ד וַ⁠חֲסַר־לָֽחֶם׃ ‡

BrLXX Κρείσσων ἀνὴρ ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ δουλεύων ἑαυτῷ, ἢ τιμὴν ἑαυτῷ περιτιθεὶς καὶ προσδεόμενος ἄρτου.

BrTr Better is a man in dishonour serving himself, than one honouring himself and wanting bread.