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OET-LV [is]_good [one_who_is]_poor [who]_walks in/on/at/with_integrity_his than_crooked of_two_ways and_he [is]_rich.
UHB טֽוֹב־רָ֭שׁ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם וְה֣וּא עָשִֽׁיר׃ ‡
(ţōⱱ-rāsh hōlēk bətummō mēˊiqqēsh dərākayim vəhūʼ ˊāshiyr.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Better is one who is poor who walks in his integrity
⇔ than one crooked of ways, yet he is rich.
UST It is better to be poor and act honestly
⇔ than to act dishonestly and be rich.
BSB ⇔ Better a poor man who walks with integrity
⇔ than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
OEB Better a poor man whose life is blameless
⇔ than one who is crooked, although he be rich.
WEB Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
⇔ than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
NET A poor person who walks in his integrity is better
⇔ than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.
LSV Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity,
Than the perverse of ways who is rich.
FBV Better to be poor and have integrity than to be devious and rich.
T4T ⇔ It is better to be honest even though you are poor
⇔ than to be dishonest even though you are rich.
LEB • to be poor and walking in one’s integrity than to be crooked of ways when one is rich.
BBE Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.
MOF No MOF PRO book available
JPS Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
ASV Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,
⇔ Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
DRA Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.
YLT Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.
DBY Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, double in ways, though he be rich.
RV Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
WBS Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he is rich.
KJB Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
(Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. )
BB Better is he that walketh in his vprightnes: then he that peruerteth his wayes, and is riche.
(Better is he that walketh in his uprightnes: then he that perverteth/perverts his ways, and is riche.)
GNV Better is the poore that walketh in his vprightnesse, then hee that peruerteth his wayes, though he be riche.
(Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightnesse, then he that perverteth/perverts his ways, though he be riche. )
CB A poore man ledynge a godly life, is better then the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes.
(A poor man ledynge a godly life, is better then the rich that goeth/goes in frowarde ways.)
WYC Betere is a pore man goynge in his sympilnesse, than a riche man in schrewid weies.
(Betere is a poor man goynge in his sympilnesse, than a rich man in schrewid ways.)
LUT Es ist besser ein Armer, der in seiner Frömmigkeit gehet, denn ein Reicher, der in verkehrten Wegen gehet.
(It is besser a Armer, the in his Frömmigkeit gehet, because a Reicher, the in verkehrten Wegen gehet.)
CLV Melior est pauper ambulans in simplicitate sua quam dives in pravis itineribus.
(Melior it_is pauper ambulans in simplicitate his_own how dives in pravis itineribus. )
BRN A poor man walking in truth is better than a rich liar.
BrLXX Κρείσσων πτωχὸς πορευόμενος ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, πλουσίου ψευδοῦς.
(Kreissōn ptōⱪos poreuomenos en alaʸtheia, plousiou pseudous. )
28:6 Virtue is more valuable than material wealth. This proverb is repeated with a slightly different conclusion in 19:1.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
רָ֭שׁ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם וְה֣וּא
poor walk in/on/at/with,integrity,his than,crooked ways and=he
Here, one who is poor, his, one crooked of ways, and he refer to types of people in general, not specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “any person who is poor who walks in that person’s integrity than any person who is crooked of ways, yet that person”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ
walk in/on/at/with,integrity,his
Here, walks refers to how a person behaves, in this case behaving with integrity. See how you translated the similar use of “walk” in 3:23. Alternate translation: “who behaves with integrity”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ
in/on/at/with,integrity,his
See how you translated the abstract noun integrity in 1:3.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ
than,crooked
See how you translated the same use of crooked in 2:15.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם
ways
See how you translated the same use of ways in 3:6.