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.

Asang Khongca Bible

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

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

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.

English Berean Standard Bible

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

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.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Calumnia conturbat sapientem, et perdet robur cordis illius.

Bible in Basic English

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

French: Bible J.N. Darby

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

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

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

Kosraean Bible

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

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.

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.

Brenton English Septuagint

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

Burmese Common Language Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

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

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.

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 .

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.

Danish Bible 1931

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

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

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

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.

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.

French Ostervald Bible

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

Esperanto Bible

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

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

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

German Luther Bible 1912

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

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

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

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.

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.

Croatian Bible

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

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

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

German Textbibel

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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

Hebrew OT (WLC)

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

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.

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.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

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

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.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

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

Russian Synodal Bible

Конец дела лучше начала его; терпеливый лучше высокомерного.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

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

Modern Hebrew Bible

טוב אחרית דבר מראשיתו טוב ארך רוח מגבה רוח׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

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

Old Persion Version Bible

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

Judson Burmese Bible

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

Korean Bible 1910

일의 끝이 시작보다 낫고 참는 마음이 교만한 마음보다 나으니

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。

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。

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。

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.

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Mashi Bible

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

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

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

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

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

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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.

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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).

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