PRO 16:19 Parallel Verse View

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16:19 Variant note: עניים: (x-qere) ’עֲנָוִ֑ים’: lemma_6035 n_1 morph_HAampa id_20bfm עֲנָוִ֑ים

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BrLXX Κρείσσων πρᾳΰθυμος μετὰ ταπεινώσεως, ἢ ὃς διαιρεῖται σκῦλα μετὰ ὑβριστῶν.
(Kreissōn prauthumos meta tapeinōseōs, aʸ hos diaireitai skula meta hubristōn. )

BrTr Better is a meek-spirited man with [fn]lowliness, than one who divides spoils with the proud.

ULT Better to be lowly of spirit with afflicted ones
⇔ than to share a portion of spoil with proud ones.

UST It is better to live humbly among poor people
⇔ than to live proudly and receive some of what proud people have taken from others.

BSB ⇔ It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble
⇔ than to divide the spoil with the proud.

OEB Better be lowly of mind with the poor
⇔ than divide the spoil with the great.

WEBBE It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor,
⇔ than to divide the plunder with the proud.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted
⇔ than to share the spoils with the proud.

LSV Better is humility of spirit with the poor,
Than to apportion spoil with the proud.

FBV Better to have a humble spirit and live with the poor than to share plunder with the proud.

T4T ⇔ It is better to be humble and poor
⇔ than to associate with proud people and to become rich by dividing with them ◄plunder/goods captured in a battle►.

LEB • than dividing the spoil with the proud.

BBE Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.

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JPS Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the humble, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

ASV Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor,
⇔ Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

DRA It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud.

YLT Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.

Drby Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the meek, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

RV Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Wbstr Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

KJB-1769 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

KJB-1611 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, then to diuide the spoile with the proud.
(Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, then to divide the spoil with the proud.)

Bshps Better it is to be of humble mynde with the lowly, the to deuide the spoyles with the proude.
(Better it is to be of humble mind with the lowly, the to deuide the spoils with the proud.)

Gnva Better it is to be of humble minde with the lowly, then to deuide the spoyles with the proude.
(Better it is to be of humble minde with the lowly, then to deuide the spoils with the proud. )

Cvdl Better it is to be of humble mynde wt the lowly, then to deuyde ye spoyles wt ye proude.
(Better it is to be of humble mind with the lowly, then to deuyde ye/you_all spoils with ye/you_all proud.)

Wycl It is betere to be maad meke with mylde men, than to departe spuylis with proude men.
(It is better to be made meek with mylde men, than to depart spuylis with proud men.)

Luth Es ist besser niedriges Gemüts sein mit den Elenden, denn Raub austeilen mit den Hoffärtigen.
(It is better niedriges Gemüts his with the Elenden, because plunder austeilen with the Hoffärtigen.)

ClVg Melius est humiliari cum mitibus quam dividere spolia cum superbis.
(Melius it_is humiliari when/with mitibus how dividere spolia when/with superbis. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שְׁפַל־ר֭וּחַ

lowly spirit

Here Solomon refers to a person being humble as if humility were being lowly of spirit. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to be humble” or “is being humble”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מֵֽ⁠חַלֵּ֥ק שָׁ֝לָ֗ל אֶת־גֵּאִֽים

than,divide spoil DOM proud

Here Solomon uses share to imply that the one who is sharing a portion of spoil is also one of the proud ones. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “than to be one of the proud ones and share a portion of their spoil”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

שָׁ֝לָ֗ל

spoil

The word spoil refers to things that victorious soldiers take from the enemies they have defeated. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “goods taken in battle” or “loot”

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