Proverbs 16:32

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

Bible in Basic English ☆

He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

A man slow to anger is better than a strong man; and he that governs his temper better than he that takes a city.

Darby Translation ☆

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh cities.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

He that is slowe vnto anger, is better then the mightie man: and hee that ruleth his owne minde, is better then he that winneth a citie.

Noyes Bible ☆

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he who ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

One that is slow to anger is better than a hero; and he that ruleth his spirit, than the conqueror of a city.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

King James Version ☆

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

A man slow to anger is better than a strong man; and he that governs his temper better than he that takes a city.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

A man slow to anger is better than a strong man; and he that governs his temper better than he that takes a city.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

Webster Bible ☆

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

Revised Version ☆

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

A man slow to anger is better than a strong man; And he that governs his temper better than he that takes a city.

World English Bible ☆

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

World English Bible Classic ☆

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

World English Bible Updated ☆

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

World Messianic Bible ☆

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Better [is] the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

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

He that is slow to anger is better than the gibbor; and he that ruleth his ruach than he that captures a city.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

اَلْبَطِيءُ ٱلْغَضَبِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ ٱلْجَبَّارِ، وَمَالِكُ رُوحِهِ خَيْرٌ مِمَّنْ يَأْخُذُ مَدِينَةً.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

စိတ်ရှည်သောသူသည် ခွန်အားကြီးသောသူ ထက်၎င်း၊ မိမိစိတ်ကိုချုပ်တည်းသောသူသည် မြို့ကို တိုက်ယူသောသူထက်၎င်းသာ၍ ကောင်း၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

စိတ်ရှည် သောသူသည် ခွန်အား ကြီးသောသူ ထက် ၎င်း၊ မိမိ စိတ် ကို ချုပ်တည်း သောသူသည် မြို့ ကို တိုက် ယူသောသူထက် ၎င်း သာ၍ကောင်း ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Palungsawk kami loe thacak kami pongah hoih kue; poekhaih angsum thaih kami loe vangpui pazawk kami pongah hoih kue.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Thintoek aka ueh tah hlangrhalh lakah, a mueihla aka taem khaw khopuei aka ta lakah then.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Thintoek aka ueh tah hlangrhalh lakah, a mueihla aka taem khaw khopuei aka ta lakah then.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

不轻易发怒的，胜过勇士； 治服己心的，强如取城。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

不輕易發怒的，勝過勇士； 治服己心的，強如取城。

World Chinese Bible ☆

不轻易发怒的人胜过勇士； 管束自己心灵的人，胜过攻取城池的人。

Croatian Bible ☆

Tko se teško srdi, bolji je od junaka, i tko nad sobom vlada, bolji je od osvojitelja grada.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Lepší jest zpozdilý k hněvu než silný rek, a kdož panuje nad myslí svou nežli ten, kterýž dobyl města.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Større end Helt er sindig Mand, større at styre sit Sind end at tage en Stad.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

De lankmoedige is beter dan de sterke; en die heerst over zijn geest, dan die een stad inneemt.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Een lankmoedig man is meer waard dan een krachtmens; Wie zichzelf beheerst, staat hoger, dan wie een stad bedwingt.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Pacienculo estas pli bona ol fortulo; Kaj kiu regas sian spiriton, tiu estas pli bona ol militakiranto de urbo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Qui est lent à la colère vaut mieux que l’homme fort, et qui gouverne son esprit vaut mieux que celui qui prend une ville.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Celui qui est lent à la colère vaut mieux que l'homme vaillant; et celui qui est maître de son cœur, que celui qui prend des villes.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Celui qui est lent à la colère vaut mieux qu’un héros, Et celui qui est maître de lui-même, que celui qui prend des villes.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Celui qui est lent à la colère vaut mieux qu'un héros ; celui qui maîtrise son esprit vaut mieux que celui qui prend une ville.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Besser ein Langmütiger als ein Held, und wer seinen Geist beherrscht, als wer eine Stadt erobert.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Ein Geduldiger ist besser denn ein Starker, und der seines Mutes Herr ist, denn der Städte gewinnt.

German Textbibel ☆

Besser ein Langmütiger, als ein Held, und besser einer, der des eigenen Gemütes Herr ist, als ein Städteeroberer.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Besser ein Langmütiger als ein Starker, und wer sich selbst beherrscht, als wer Städte gewinnt.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

κρείσσων ἀνὴρ μακρόθυμος ἰσχυροῦ, ὁ δὲ κρατῶν ὀργῆς κρείσσων καταλαμβανομένου πόλιν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Κρείσσων ἀνὴρ μακρόθυμος ἰσχυροῦ, ὁ δὲ κρατῶν ὀργῆς κρείσσων καταλαμβανομένου πόλιν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Pito ou aji ak pasyans pase pou ou fè fòs sou moun. Pito ou konn kontwole tèt ou pase pou ou gwo chèf lame k'ap mache pran lavil.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Maikai ke ahonui mamua o ka ikaika; A o ka mea hoomalu i kona uhane mamua o ka mea hoopio I ke kulanakanhale.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

טֹ֤וב אֶ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם מִגִּבֹּ֑ור וּמֹשֵׁ֥ל בְּ֝רוּחֹ֗ו מִלֹּכֵ֥ד עִֽיר׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

טוב ארך אפים מגבור ומשל ברוחו מלכד עיר׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Meglio vale chi è lento all'ira, che il forte; E meglio vale chi signoreggia il suo cruccio, che un prenditor di città .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Chi è lento all’ira val più del prode guerriero; chi padroneggia sé stesso val più di chi espugna città.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

怒ることの遅い者は勇士にまさり、 自分の心を治める者は町を攻め取る者にまさる。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

노하기를 더디하는 자는 용사보다 낫고 자기의 마음을 다스리는 자는 성을 빼앗는 자보다 나으니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mongfisrasr wo liki orek ku. Sifacna leum fom, wo liki in leumi siti puspis.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Melior est patiens viro forti, et qui dominatur animo suo expugnatore urbium.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

کسی‌که دیرغضب باشد از جبار بهتر است، و هر‌که بر روح خود مالک باشد از تسخیرکننده شهر افضل است.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Melhor é o homem paciente do que o guerreiro; aquele que controla o seu espírito é melhor do que aquele que conquista uma cidade.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Melhor é o que demora para se irritar do que o valente; e melhor é aquele que domina seu espírito do que aquele que toma uma cidade.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Cel încet la mânie este mai bun decât cel tare, și cel ce își stăpânește duhul, decât cel ce ia o cetate.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Чел ынчет ла мыние прецуеште май мулт декыт ун витяз ши чине есте стэпын пе сине прецуеште май мулт декыт чине кучереште четэць.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Долго-терпеливый лучше храброго, и владеющий собою лучше завоевателя города.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Bolji je spor na gnev nego junak, i gospodar od svog srca bolji je nego onaj koji uzme grad.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Бољи је спор на гнев него јунак, и господар од свог срца бољи је него онај који узме град.

Mashi Bible ☆

Omuntu orhûza ye mukulu oku ntwâli, n’ohira omurhima omu nda, ye mukulu hali cirimisi wanyaga ebihugo.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Mejor es el que tarde se aira que el fuerte; y el que se enseñorea de su espíritu, que el que toma una ciudad.

Spanish BLL ☆

Mejor es el que tarda en airarse que el fuerte; y el que se enseñorea de su espíritu, que el que toma una ciudad.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Mejor es el que tarda en airarse que el fuerte; y el que se enseñorea de su espíritu, que el que toma una ciudad.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Mejor es el hombre lento para enojarse que el hombre de guerra, y el que tiene control sobre su espíritu, que el que toma una ciudad.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El lento para la ira es mejor que el valiente, Y el que domina su espíritu que el que captura una ciudad.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko ia ʻoku fakatotoka ki he ʻita ʻoku lelei hake ia ʻi ha taha ʻoku mālohi; pea pehē foki ia ʻoku faʻa pule ki hono loto ʻi ha taha ʻoku hamu ha kolo.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Довготерпеливий дужший від силача; себе гамувати — се більш, нїж місто звоювати.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Довготерпеливий дужший від силача; себе гамувати — се більш, нїж місто звоювати.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Người chậm nóng giận thắng hơn người dõng sĩ; Và ai cai trị lòng mình thắng hơn kẻ chiếm lấy thành.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

ט֤וֹב אֶ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם מִגִּבּ֑וֹר וּמֹשֵׁ֥ל בְּ֝רוּח֗וֹ מִלֹּכֵ֥ד עִֽיר׃