Ecclesiastes 7:8

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

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

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Darby Translation ☆

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

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.

Noyes Bible ☆

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. Better is the patient in spirit than the proud in spirit.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

for oppression makes a wise man mad, and destroys his noble heart.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

for oppression makes a wise man mad, and destroys his noble heart.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

World English Bible ☆

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

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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

World English Bible Classic ☆

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

World English Bible Updated ☆

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

World Messianic Bible ☆

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Better is the acharit (end) of a thing than the reshit (beginning) thereof; and erech ruach (patience) is better than gavoah ruach (haughtiness).

CC BY 4.0

Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

نِهَايَةُ أَمْرٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ بَدَايَتِهِ. طُولُ ٱلرُّوحِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ تَكَبُّرِ ٱلرُّوحِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

အမှု၏အဆုံးသည် အစထက်သာ၍ကောင်း၏။ သည်းခံတတ်သော သဘောရှိသောသူသည် မာနကြီး သော သူထက်သာ၍ကောင်း၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

အမှု ၏အဆုံး သည် အစ ထက် သာ၍ကောင်း ၏။ သည်းခံ တတ်သော သဘော ရှိသောသူသည် မာန ကြီး သော သူထက် သာ၍ကောင်း ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Hmuen boenghaih loe amtonghaih pongah hoih kue, amtueng suthaih loe amoek pongah hoih kue.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Ol bawtnah he a tongnah lakah then. Aka ueh kah mueihla he aka oek kah mueihla lakah then.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Ol bawtnah he a tongnah lakah then. Aka ueh kah mueihla he aka oek kah mueihla lakah then.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

事情的终局强如事情的起头； 存心忍耐的，胜过居心骄傲的。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

事情的終局強如事情的起頭； 存心忍耐的，勝過居心驕傲的。

World Chinese Bible ☆

一件事的结局胜过它的开端。 存心忍耐的，胜过心里骄傲的。

Croatian Bible ☆

Bolji je svršetak stvari nego njezin početak i bolja je strpljivost od oholosti.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Lepší jest skončení věci nežli počátek její; lepší jest dlouho čekající nežli vysokomyslný.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

En Sags Udgang er bedre end dens Indgang, Tålmod er bedre end Hovmod.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Het einde van een ding is beter dan zijn begin; de lankmoedige is beter dan de hoogmoedige.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Beter het einde van iets dan het begin; Beter lankmoedig van hart dan hoogmoedig.

Esperanto Bible ☆

La fino de afero estas pli bona, ol ĝia komenco; pacienculo estas pli bona, ol malhumilulo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Mieux vaut la fin d’une chose que son commencement. Mieux vaut un esprit patient qu’un esprit hautain.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Mieux vaut la fin d'une chose que son commencement; mieux vaut un esprit patient qu'un esprit hautain.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Mieux vaut la fin d’une chose que son commencement; mieux vaut un esprit patient qu’un esprit hautain.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Mieux vaut la fin d'une chose que son commencement. Celui qui sait patienter vaut mieux que l'orgueilleux.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Besser das Ende einer Sache als ihr Anfang; besser der Langmütige als der Hochmütige.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Das Ende eines Dinges ist besser denn sein Anfang. Ein geduldiger Geist ist besser denn ein hoher Geist.

German Textbibel ☆

Besser der Ausgang einer Sache als ihr Anfang; besser ein langmütiger als ein hochmütiger.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Besser ist der Ausgang einer Sache als ihr Anfang, besser ein Langmütiger als ein Hochmütiger.

CC BY 4.0

SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἀγαθὴ ἐσχάτη λόγων ὑπὲρ ἀρχὴν αὐτοῦ, ἀγαθὸν μακρόθυμος ὑπὲρ ὑψηλὸν πνεύματι.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἀγαθὴ ἐσχάτη λόγων ὑπὲρ ἀρχὴν αὐτοῦ, ἀγαθὸν μακρόθυμος ὑπὲρ ὑψηλὸν πνεύματι.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Lè yon bagay ap fini li pi bon pase lè l'ap konmanse. Pito ou pran pasyans pase pou ou kite lògèy ap pouse ou.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ua oi aku ka maikai o ka hope o kekahi mea mamua o ka hoomaka ana; a o ka mea naau hoomanawanui mamua o ka mea hookiekie.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

טֹ֛וב אַחֲרִ֥ית דָּבָ֖ר מֽ͏ֵרֵאשִׁיתֹ֑ו טֹ֥וב אֶֽרֶךְ־ר֖וּחַ מִגְּבַהּ־רֽוּחַ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

טוב אחרית דבר מראשיתו טוב ארך רוח מגבה רוח׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Meglio vale il fin della cosa, che il principio di essa ; meglio vale chi è di spirito paziente, che chi è di spirito altiero .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Meglio vale la fine d’una cosa, che il suo principio; e lo spirito paziente val meglio dello spirito altero.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

物事の終わりは、その始まりにまさる。 忍耐強い心は、高ぶる心にまさる。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

일의 끝이 시작보다 낫고 참는 마음이 교만한 마음보다 나으니

Kosraean Bible ☆

Sie ma aksafyeyukla, wo liki sie ma tufahna mutawauk. Mongfisrasr uh wo liki inse fulat.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Calumnia conturbat sapientem, et perdet robur cordis illius.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

انتهای امر از ابتدایش بهتر است و دل حلیم از دل مغرور نیکوتر.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Melhor é o fim de uma coisa do que o seu começo. O paciente de espírito é melhor do que o orgulhoso de espírito.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Melhor é o fim das coisas do que o princípio delas; melhor é o paciente de espírito do que o arrogante de espírito.

CC BY 4.0

Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Mai bun este sfârșitul unui lucru decât începutul lui; și cel răbdător în duh este mai bun decât cel mândru în duh.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Май бун есте сфыршитул унуй лукру декыт ынчепутул луй; май бине чел бун ла суфлет декыт чел ынгымфат.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Конец дела лучше начала его; терпеливый лучше высокомерного.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Bolji je kraj stvari nego početak joj; bolji je ko je strpljivog duha negoli ko je ponositog duha.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Бољи је крај ствари него почетак јој; бољи је ко је стрпљивог духа неголи ко је поноситог духа.

Mashi Bible ☆

Aha wankabà aha barhondêra akantu wankabà aha kâshwinjwa, omurhima gw’okulinda, gwo mukulu aha bwihâmbi.

CC BY 4.0

Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Mejor es el fin del negocio que su principio: mejor es el sufrido de espíritu que el altivo de espíritu.

Spanish BLL ☆

Vale más terminar algo que comenzarlo; vale más la paciencia que el orgullo.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Mejor es el fin del negocio que su principio; mejor es el sufrido de espíritu que el altivo de espíritu.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

El fin de una cosa es mejor que su comienzo, y un espíritu amable es mejor que el orgullo.

CC BY 4.0

Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Mejor es el fin de un asunto que su comienzo, Y mejor el paciente de espíritu que el altivo de espíritu.

CC BY 4.0

Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku lelei hake ʻae ikuʻanga ʻo ha meʻa ʻi hono kamataʻanga: pea ʻoku lelei lahi ʻaia ʻoku loto faʻa kātaki ʻiate ia ʻoku loto fielahi.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Кінець справи лучше початку, а покірний лучше такого, що високо несеться.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Кінець справи лучше початку, а покірний лучше такого, що високо несеться.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Cuối cùng của một việc hơn sự khởi đầu nó; lòng kiên nhẫn hơn lòng kiêu ngạo.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

ט֛וֹב אַחֲרִ֥ית דָּבָ֖ר מֵֽרֵאשִׁית֑וֹ ט֥וֹב אֶֽרֶךְ־ר֖וּחַ מִגְּבַהּ־רֽוּחַ׃