Verse List for PROV 15:16

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) It’s better to have a little along with respect for Yahweh, ⇔ ^ than having great wealth, and then turmoil with it.

OET-LV is_good a _little with_the _fear _of YHWH more_than _treasure great and_turmoil in_him/it.

ULT Better, is a little with the fear of Yahweh ⇔ than much treasure and anxiety with it.

UST Being poor while reverently fearing Yahweh ⇔  is better than being rich while worrying.

BSB & MSB Better a little with the fear of the LORD ⇔  than great treasure with turmoil

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, ⇔  than great treasure with trouble.

NET Better is little with the fear of the Lord ⇔ than great wealth and turmoil with it.

LSV Better [is] a little with the fear of YHWH,
Than much treasure, and tumult with it.

FBV It's better to respect the Lord and only have a little than to have plenty of money and the trouble that comes with it.

T4T ⇔  Being poor and revering Yahweh ⇔  is better than being rich and having a lot of troubles.

LEB • Better is little with the fear of Yahweh
• than great treasure and trouble with it.[fn]

BBE Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

Moff Better a little, with reverence for the Eternal, ⇔  than large wealth with worry.

JPS Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and turmoil therewith.

ASV Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, ⇔ Than great treasure and trouble therewith.

DRA Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content,

YLT Better [is] a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.

Drby Better is little with the fear of Jehovah than great store and disquietude therewith.

RV Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and trouble therewith.

SLT Good is little with the fear of Jehovah more than much treasure and confusion with it.

Wbstr Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and trouble with it.

KJB-1769 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

KJB-1611 Better is little with the feare of the LORD, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.
(Better is little with the fear of the LORD, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.)

Bshps Better is a litle with the feare of the Lorde: then great treasure, and trouble therwith.
(Better is a little with the fear of the Lord: then great treasure, and trouble therewith.)

Gnva Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.
(Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.)

Cvdl Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.
(Better is a little with the fear of the LORD then great treasure, for they are not without sorrow.)

Wycl Betere is a litil with the drede of the Lord, than many tresouris and vnfillable.
(Better is a little with the dread of the Lord, than many treasuries and unfillable.)

Luth Es ist besser ein wenig mit der Furcht des HErr’s denn großer Schatz, darin Unruhe ist.
(It is better a few with the/of_the fear(n) the LORD’s because/than large treasure(n), in_it restlessness is.)

ClVg Melius est parum cum timore Domini, quam thesauri magni et insatiabiles.
(Better it_is little when/with with_fear Master, how thesauri great and insatiabiles.)

UHB טוֹב־מְ֭עַט בְּ⁠יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה מֵ⁠אוֹצָ֥ר רָ֝֗ב וּ⁠מְה֥וּמָה בֽ⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX Κρεῖσσον μικρὰ μερὶς μετὰ φόβου Κυρίου, ἢ θησαυροὶ μεγάλοι μετὰ ἀφοβίας.

BrTr Better is a small portion with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without the fear of the Lord.