Proverbs 25:7

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

for it is better that he says to you, “Come up here!” than that you should be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,

Bible in Basic English ☆

For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

for it is better for thee that it should be said, Come up to me, than that one should humble thee in the presence of the prince; speak of that which thine eyes have seen.

Darby Translation ☆

for better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes see.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

For it is better that it should be said to thee: Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be humbled before the prince.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

For it is better, that it be saide vnto thee, Come vp hither, then thou to be put lower in the presece of the prince whom thine eyes haue seene.

Noyes Bible ☆

For better is it that one should say to thee, “Come up hither!” Than that he should put thee in a lower place, In the presence of the prince whom thine eyes behold.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

For better it is that it be said unto thee, “Come up hither,” than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the prince, which thy own eyes have [often] seen.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

For better is it that it be said unto thee: 'Come up hither', than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom thine eyes have seen.

King James Version ☆

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince Whom thine eyes have seen.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

for it is better for you that it should be said, Come up to me, than that one should humble you in the presence of the prince; speak of that which your eyes have seen.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

for it is better for you that it should be said, Come up to me, than that one should humble you in the presence of the prince; speak of that which your eyes have seen.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

for it is better to be told, “Come up here!” than to be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,

Webster Bible ☆

For better it is that it be said to thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thy eyes have seen.

Revised Version ☆

For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom thine eyes have seen.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For it is better for thee that it should be said, Come up to me, Than that one should humble thee in the presence of the prince; Speak of that which thine eyes have seen.

World English Bible ☆

for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

World English Bible Classic ☆

for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

World English Bible Updated ☆

for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

World Messianic Bible ☆

for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

For better [that] he hath said to thee, 'Come thou up hither,' Than [that] he humble thee before a noble, Whom thine eyes have seen.

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

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up here, than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the noble whom thine eynayim have seen.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لِأَنَّهُ خَيْرٌ أَنْ يُقَالَ لَكَ: ٱرْتَفِعْ إِلَى هُنَا، مِنْ أَنْ تُحَطَّ فِي حَضْرَةِ ٱلرَّئِيسِ ٱلَّذِي رَأَتْهُ عَيْنَاكَ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

အကြောင်းမူကား၊ ဖူးမြင်ရသောမင်းရှေ့မှာ နှိမ်ခြင်းကို ခံရသည်ထက်၊ ဤအရပ်သို့ တက်ပါဟူသော စကားကို သာ၍ကြားကောင်း၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

အကြောင်း မူကား၊ ဖူးမြင် ရသောမင်း ရှေ့ မှာ နှိမ် ခြင်းကိုခံရသည်ထက် ၊ ဤ အရပ်သို့ တက် ပါဟူသောစကား ကို သာ၍ကြားကောင်း ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

mik hoiah na hnuk ih angraeng hmaa ah azathaih hoiah oh pongah loe, Hae ah angzo tahang ah, tiah thui kami ih lok to tahngaih han hoih kue.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Na mik loh a hmuh vanbangla, hlangcong mikhmuh ah na kunyun lakah, “Nang pahoi yoeng dae,” a ti te then ngai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Na mik loh a hmuh vanbangla, hlangcong mikhmuh ah na kunyun lakah, “Nang pahoi yoeng dae,” a ti te then ngai.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

宁可有人说：请你上来， 强如在你觐见的王子面前叫你退下。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

寧可有人說：請你上來， 強如在你覲見的王子面前叫你退下。

World Chinese Bible ☆

因为有人对你说：“请上到这里来”， 胜过你在尊贵人面前被降到低位， 就是在你亲眼所见的人面前。

Croatian Bible ☆

jer je bolje da ti se kaže: “Popni se gore” nego da te ponize pred odličnikom.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Nebo lépe jest, aťby řečeno bylo: Vstup sem, nežli abys snížen byl před knížetem; což vídávají oči tvé.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

det er bedre, du får Bud: “Kom herop!” end man flytter dig ned for en Stormands Øjne. Hvad end dine Øjne har set,

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Want het is beter, dat men tot u zegge: Kom hier bovenaan, dan dat men u vernedere voor het aangezicht eens prinsen, dien uw ogen gezien hebben.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Het is beter, dat men tot u zegt: “Neem hier plaats, hogerop,” Dan dat men u voor een aanzienlijke vernedert. Wat uw ogen hebben gezien,

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ĉar pli bone estas, se oni diros al vi: Leviĝu ĉi tien, Ol se oni malaltigos vin antaŭ eminentulo, Kiun vidis viaj okuloj.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

car il vaut mieux qu’on te dise : Monte ici, que si l’on t’abaissait devant le prince que tes yeux voient.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Car il vaut mieux qu'on te dise: Monte ici, que si l'on t'abaissait devant le prince que tes yeux auront vu.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Car il vaut mieux qu’on te dise: Monte-ici! Que si l’on t’abaisse devant le prince que tes yeux voient.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

car il vaut mieux qu'on te dise : « Monte ici », que d'être abaissé devant le prince que tes yeux ont vu.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Denn besser ist es, daß man dir sage: Komm hier herauf, als daß man dich erniedrige vor dem Edlen, den deine Augen doch gesehen haben.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Denn es ist dir besser, daß man zu dir sage: Tritt hier herauf! als daß du vor dem Fürsten erniedrigt wirst, daß es deine Augen sehen müssen.

German Textbibel ☆

Denn es ist besser, daß man zu dir sage: Rücke herauf! als daß man dich erniedrige vor einem Vornehmen, den du doch wohl bemerkt hattest.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

denn es ist besser, man sage zu dir: «Komm hier herauf!» als daß man dich vor einem Fürsten erniedrige, den deine Augen gesehen haben.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

κρεῖσσον γάρ σοι τὸ ρηθῆναι· ἀνάβαινε πρός με ἢ ταπεινῶσαί σε ἐν προσώπῳ δυνάστου. ἃ εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου, λέγε.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Κρεῖσσον γάρ σοι τὸ ῥηθῆναι, ἀνάβαινε πρὸς μὲ, ἢ ταπεινῶσαί σε ἐν προσώπῳ δυνάστου· ἃ εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου λέγε.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Pito yo di ou moute pi wo, pase pou yo fè ou bay plas la, pou ou ta wont devan chèf la.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

No ka mea, he maikai ke olelo mai ia oe, e pii mai oe ia nei, Mamua o kou hoohaahaaia mai imua o ke alii, Ka mea a kou mau maka i nana aku ai.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

כִּ֤י טֹ֥וב אֲמָר־לְךָ֗ עֲ‍ֽלֵ֫ה הֵ֥נָּה מֵֽ֭הַשְׁפִּ֣ילְךָ לִפְנֵ֣י נָדִ֑יב אֲשֶׁ֖ר רָא֣וּ עֵינֶֽיךָ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

כי טוב אמר לך עלה הנה מהשפילך לפני נדיב אשר ראו עיניך׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Perciocchè val maglio che ti si dica: Sali qua ; Che se tu fossi abbassato davanti al principe, Che gli occhi tuoi hanno veduto.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

poiché è meglio ti sia detto: “Sali qui”, anziché essere abbassato davanti al principe che gli occhi tuoi hanno veduto.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

「ここへ上がって来なさい」と言われるほうが、 あなたがその目で見た君主の前で 低い場所に下げられるより良い。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

이는 사람이 너더러 이리로 올라오라 하는 것이 네 눈에 보이는 귀인 앞에서 저리로 내려가라 하는 것보다 나음이니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Ac wo in supweyuk kom nu ke sie nien muta fulat, liki na in fwackot nu sum kom in sang nien muta lom nu sin sie su fulat liki kom.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Melius est enim ut dicatur tibi: Ascende huc, quam ut humilieris coram principe.]

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

زیرا بهتر است تو را گفته شود که اینجا بالابیا، از آنکه به حضور سروری که چشمانت او رادیده است تو را پایین برند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

pois é melhor que lhe digam: “Suba para cá,” do que você ser humilhado na presença do príncipe, que os seus próprios olhos viram.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Porque é melhor que te digam: Sobe aqui;Do que te rebaixem perante a face do príncipe, a quem teus olhos viram.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Fiindcă mai bine este să ți se spună: Vino aici sus; decât să fii înjosit în prezența prințului pe care ochii tăi l-au văzut.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

кэч есте май бине сэ ци се зикэ: „Суе-те май сус!” декыт сэ фий коборыт ынаинтя воеводулуй пе каре ци-л вэд окий.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

потому что лучше, когда скажут тебе: “пойди сюда повыше”, нежели когда понизят тебя пред знатным, которого видели глаза твои.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Jer je bolje da ti se kaže: Hodi gore, nego da te ponize pred knezom da vidiš svojim očima.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Јер је боље да ти се каже: Ходи горе, него да те понизе пред кнезом да видиш својим очима.

Mashi Bible ☆

Bulya aha bankakuyôza omu burhwâli, bankakubwîra mpu «ogere». Ebi amasù gâwe gàbwîne,

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Porque mejor es que se te diga, Sube acá, que no que seas humillado delante del príncipe que miraron tus ojos.

Spanish BLL ☆

porque es mejor que te digan: “Ven, sube aquí”, que ser humillado ante el noble, después de haberlo visto con tus propios ojos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

porque mejor es que se te diga: «Sube acá», que no que seas humillado delante del príncipe a quien tus ojos han visto.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Porque mejor es que te diga: Sube acá; que para que seas puesto en un lugar inferior ante el gobernante.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Mejor es que te diga: Sube acá, Que ser humillado en presencia de un noble A quien vieron tus ojos.

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Revised West Version ☆

He ʻoku lelei hake ke lea ʻo pehē kiate koe, “ʻAlu hake koe ki heni;” ʻi he tuku koe ʻo fakamaʻulalo ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi kuo ke mamata ki ai.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Бо красше, коли тобі скажуть: „Ходи сюди висше‟, анїж би тебе понижено перед значним, що його вбачали очі твої.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Бо красше, коли тобі скажуть: „Ходи сюди висше‟, анїж би тебе понижено перед значним, що його вбачали очі твої.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Vì thà người ta nói cùng con rằng: Hãy lên đây, Hơn là người ta hạ con xuống trước mặt vua chúa, mà mắt con đã thấy.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

כִּ֤י ט֥וֹב אֲמָר־לְךָ֗ עֲֽלֵ֫ה הֵ֥נָּה מֵֽ֭הַשְׁפִּ֣ילְךָ לִפְנֵ֣י נָדִ֑יב אֲשֶׁ֖ר רָא֣וּ עֵינֶֽיךָ׃