Proverbs 12:9

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.

Bible in Basic English ☆

He who is of low position and has a servant, is better than one who has a high opinion of himself and is in need of bread.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Better is a man in dishonour serving himself, than one honouring himself and wanting bread.

Darby Translation ☆

Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

He that is despised, and is his owne seruant, is better then he that boasteth himselfe and lacketh bread.

Noyes Bible ☆

Better is he that demeaneth himself, and hath a servant, Than he that exalteth himself, and hath no bread.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Better is he that is lightly esteemed who hath a servant, than he that aimeth after honor, and lacketh bread.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that playeth the man of rank, and lacketh bread.

King James Version ☆

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better Than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Better is a man in dishonor serving himself, than one honouring himself and lacking bread.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Better is a man in dishonour serving himself, than one honouring himself and lacking bread.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.

Webster Bible ☆

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoreth himself, and is destitute of bread.

Revised Version ☆

Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Better is a man in dishonor serving himself, Than one honoring himself and wanting bread.

World English Bible ☆

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honours himself and lacks bread.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honours himself and lacks bread.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honours himself and lacks bread.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Better [is] the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread.

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

He that is lightly esteemed, and hath an eved, is better than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh lechem.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

اَلْحَقِيرُ وَلَهُ عَبْدٌ خَيْرٌ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَمَجِّدِ وَيُعْوِزُهُ ٱلْخُبْزُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

စားစရာမရှိဘဲ ဝါကြွားသောသူထက်၊ အသရေ မရှိ၊ ကိုယ်အလုပ်ကိုလုပ်ရသော သူသည်သာ၍ ကောင်း၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

စားစရာ မ ရှိဘဲ ဝါကြွား သောသူထက် ၊ အသရေ မရှိ၊ ကိုယ် အလုပ် ကိုလုပ်ရသောသူသည် သာ၍ကောင်း ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Angmah hoi angmah angraeng ah amkoeh, caaknaek tawn ai kami pongah loe, kami mah patoek e, caaknaek tawn toksah kami to hoih kue.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Rhaidaeng mai cakhaw a taengah sal aka khueh tah, thangpom uh tih caak aka nai lakah then.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Rhaidaeng mai cakhaw a taengah sal aka khueh tah, thangpom uh tih caak aka nai lakah then.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

被人轻贱，却有仆人， 强如自尊，缺少食物。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

被人輕賤，卻有僕人， 強如自尊，缺少食物。

World Chinese Bible ☆

不受重视却有仆人的， 胜过自抬身价却缺少食物的。

Croatian Bible ☆

Bolje je biti malen i imati samo jednog slugu nego se hvastati a nemati ni kruha.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Lepší jest nevzácný, kterýž má služebníka, nežli ten, kterýž sobě slavně počíná, a nemá chleba.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Hellere overses, når man holder Træl, end optræde stort, når man mangler Brød.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Beter is, die zich gering acht, en een knecht heeft, dan die zichzelven eert, en des broods gebrek heeft.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Beter onderschat te worden en over een knecht beschikken, Dan voornaam te doen en broodgebrek hebben.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Pli bona estas homo negrava, sed laboranta por si, Ol homo, kiu serĉas honoron, sed al kiu mankas pano.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Mieux vaut celui qui est d’humble condition, et qui a un serviteur, que celui qui fait l’important et qui manque de pain.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

L'homme qui est humble bien qu'il ait un serviteur, vaut mieux que celui qui se glorifie et qui manque de pain.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Mieux vaut être d’une condition humble et avoir un serviteur Que de faire le glorieux et de manquer de pain.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Mieux vaut être de condition modeste et avoir un serviteur, que de faire l'important et de manquer de pain.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Besser, wer gering ist und einen Knecht hat, als wer vornehm tut und hat Mangel an Brot.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Wer gering ist und wartet des Seinen, der ist besser, denn der groß sein will, und des Brotes mangelt.

German Textbibel ☆

Besser fährt, wer gering ist und dabei doch einen Diener hat, als wer vornehm tut und des Brots ermangelt.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Besser gering sein und sein eigener Knecht, als großtun und nichts zu essen haben!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

κρείσσων ἀνὴρ ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ δουλεύων ἑαυτῷ ἢ τιμὴν ἑαυτῷ περιτιθεὶς καὶ προσδεόμενος ἄρτου.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Κρείσσων ἀνὴρ ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ δουλεύων ἑαυτῷ, ἢ τιμὴν ἑαυτῷ περιτιθεὶς καὶ προσδεόμενος ἄρτου.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Pito ou pase pou malere men ou gen manje pou ou manje, pase pou ou pran pòz grannèg ou epi w'ap mouri grangou.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

O ka mea i hoowahawahaia, a he kauwa nana, Oi aku oia i ka mea hoohanohano ia ia iho, a nele i ka ai ole.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

טֹ֣וב נִ֭קְלֶה וְעֶ֣בֶד לֹ֑ו מִ֝מְּתַכַּבֵּ֗ד וַחֲסַר־לָֽחֶם׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

טוב נקלה ועבד לו ממתכבד וחסר לחם׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Meglio è colui del quale non si fa stima, e pure ha un servitore, Che colui che fa il borioso, ed ha mancamento di pane .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

E’ meglio essere in umile stato ed avere un servo, che fare il borioso e mancar di pane.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

軽んじられていても、しもべを持つ者は、 自分を大きく見せても、パンに乏しい者にまさる。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

비천히 여김을 받을지라도 종을 부리는 자는 스스로 높은 체 하고도 음식이 핍절한 자보다 나으니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Ac wo kom in sie mwet pilesreyuk su sifacna orekma in suk enenu lom, liki na in orek lumah mu kom sie mwet fulat, a wangin mwe mongo nom.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Melior est pauper et sufficiens sibi quam gloriosus et indigens pane.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

کسی‌که حقیر باشد و خادم داشته باشد، بهتراست از کسی‌که خویشتن را برافرازد و محتاج نان باشد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Melhor é o que é estimado em pouco e tem um servo, do que aquele que se honra a si mesmo e não tem pão.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Melhor é o que estima pouco a si mesmo mas tem quem o sirva, do que aquele que elogia e si mesmo, mas nem sequer tem pão.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Cel ce este disprețuit și are un servitor este mai bun decât cel ce își dă onoare și îi lipsește pâinea.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Май бине сэ фий ынтр-о старе смеритэ ши сэ ай о слугэ декыт сэ фачь пе фудулул ши сэ н-ай че мынка.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Лучше простой, но работающий на себя, нежели выдающий себя за знатного, но нуждающийся в хлебе.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ko se snebiva, a ima slugu, bolji je od onog koji se veliča a hleba nema.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ко се снебива, а има слугу, бољи је од оног који се велича а хлеба нема.

Mashi Bible ☆

Omuntu ogwêrhe omushizi wâge ye mukulu, ahâli h’omuntu ocikuza yêne agali bulà omugati.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Mejor es el que es menospreciado y tiene servidores, que el que se precia, y carece de pan.

Spanish BLL ☆

Es mejor ser un hombre común y tener un criado, que dárselas de importante y no tener qué comer.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Mejor es el que es menospreciado y tiene un siervo, que el que se jacta y carece de pan.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

El que está en posición baja y tiene un siervo, es mejor que uno que tiene una alta opinión de sí mismo y necesita pan.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Mejor es el poco estimado, Pero que tiene un esclavo, Que el que se alaba y carece de pan.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko ia ʻoku fehiʻanekina, ka ʻoku tauhi ia ʻe ia pe, ʻoku lelei lahi hake ia ʻiate ia ʻoku fakaongoongolelei ia, ʻe ia pe, kae masiva meʻakai.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Лучше бути собі простим і заробляти на себе, нїж величати себе знатним, а не мати хлїба.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Лучше бути собі простим і заробляти на себе, нїж величати себе знатним, а не мати хлїба.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Thà một người ở bực hèn hạ và có tôi tớ, Còn hơn kẻ tự tôn mà lại thiếu ăn.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

ט֣וֹב נִ֭קְלֶה וְעֶ֣בֶד ל֑וֹ מִ֝מְּתַכַּבֵּ֗ד וַחֲסַר־לָֽחֶם׃