Proverbs 16:32

Hebrew	ט֤וֹב אֶ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם מִגִּבּ֑וֹר וּמֹשֵׁ֥ל בְּ֝רוּח֗וֹplugin-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 מִלֹּכֵ֥ד עִֽיר
ESV	Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
NIV	Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.
NLT	Better to be patient than powerful; better to have self-control than to conquer a city.
LXX	κρείσσων ἀνὴρ μακρόθυμος ἰσχυροῦ ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. κρατῶν ὀργῆς κρείσσων καταλαμβανομένου πόλιν
KJV	He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

^{Proverbs 16:31 ← Proverbs 16:32 → Proverbs 16:33}

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