Proverbs 16:19

Hebrew
ט֣וֹב שְׁפַל ר֭וּחַplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigרוּחַ

hebrew

Meaning:

* Wind * Breath * Spirit

Noun. Occurs about 380 times in the Old Testament.

Though usually feminine, רוּחַ sometimes takes masculine verbs and adjectives, especially when referring to the Spirit of God (רוּחַ יְהוָה).Exodus 10:13Genesis 6:17Genesis 41:8Proverbs 16:32Ecclesiastes 12:7Genesis 1:2Judges 3:10Ezekiel 36:27Genesis 2:7John 3:8Genesis 1:2Genesis 8:1
אֶת עניים עֲנָוִ֑ים מֵֽחַלֵּ֥ק שָׁ֝לָ֗ל אֶת גֵּאִֽים
ESV
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
NIV
Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.
NLT
Better to live humbly with the poor than to share plunder with the proud.
LXX
κρείσσων πραΰθυμος μετὰ ταπεινώσεως ὃςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὅς, ἥ, ὅ

greek

Meaning:

* Who * Which * What

The relative pronoun that connects a relative clause to a main clause, referring back to a noun or pronoun (called the antecedent).

It is distinct from ὅτι (“that,” introducing indirect speech) and from ὅς as an interrogative in older Greek (meaning
διαιρεῖται σκῦλα μετὰ ὑβριστῶν
KJV
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 16:18 ← Proverbs 16:19 → Proverbs 16:20

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