proverbs_12:9
Proverbs 12:9
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| ESV |
Better to be lowly and have a servant than to play the great man and lack bread.
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| NIV |
Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
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| NLT |
Better to be an ordinary person with a servant than to be self-important but have no food.
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| LXX |
κρείσσων ἀνὴρ ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. ἀτιμίᾳ δουλεύων ἑαυτῷ ἢ τιμὴν ἑαυτῷ περιτιθεὶς καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” προσδεόμενος ἄρτου |
| KJV |
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
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Proverbs 12:8 ← Proverbs 12:9 → Proverbs 12:10
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