Proverbs 12:9

American Standard Version (1901)

Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.

ASV Byzantine Text

Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.

Asang Khongca Bible

Angmah hoi angmah angraeng ah amkoeh, caaknaek tawn ai kami pongah loe, kami mah patoek e, caaknaek tawn toksah kami to hoih kue.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Rhaidaeng mai cakhaw a taengah sal aka khueh tah, thangpom uh tih caak aka nai lakah then.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Rhaidaeng mai cakhaw a taengah sal aka khueh tah, thangpom uh tih caak aka nai lakah then.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

O ka mea i hoowahawahaia, a he kauwa nana, Oi aku oia i ka mea hoohanohano ia ia iho, a nele i ka ai ole.

English Berean Standard Bible

Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Pito ou pase pou malere men ou gen manje pou ou manje, pase pou ou pran pòz grannèg ou epi w'ap mouri grangou.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Melior est pauper et sufficiens sibi quam gloriosus et indigens pane.

Bible in Basic English

He who is of low position and has a servant, is better than one who has a high opinion of himself and is in need of bread.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Mieux vaut celui qui est d’humble condition, et qui a un serviteur, que celui qui fait l’important et qui manque de pain.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Lepší jest nevzácný, kterýž má služebníka, nežli ten, kterýž sobě slavně počíná, a nemá chleba.

Kosraean Bible

Ac wo kom in sie mwet pilesreyuk su sifacna orekma in suk enenu lom, liki na in orek lumah mu kom sie mwet fulat, a wangin mwe mongo nom.

World Portuguese Bible

Melhor é o que é estimado em pouco e tem um servo, do que aquele que se honra a si mesmo e não tem pão.

Romanian BTF Bible

Cel ce este disprețuit și are un servitor este mai bun decât cel ce își dă onoare și îi lipsește pâinea.

Brenton English Septuagint

Better is a man in dishonour serving himself, than one honouring himself and wanting bread.

Burmese Common Language Bible

စားစရာမရှိဘဲ ဝါကြွားသောသူထက်၊ အသရေ မရှိ၊ ကိုယ်အလုပ်ကိုလုပ်ရသော သူသည်သာ၍ ကောင်း၏။

Darby Translation

Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Besser, wer gering ist und einen Knecht hat, als wer vornehm tut und hat Mangel an Brot.

Dutch Bible 1917

Beter is, die zich gering acht, en een knecht heeft, dan die zichzelven eert, en des broods gebrek heeft.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Beter onderschat te worden en over een knecht beschikken, Dan voornaam te doen en broodgebrek hebben.

Italian Diodati Bible

Meglio è colui del quale non si fa stima, e pure ha un servitore, Che colui che fa il borioso, ed ha mancamento di pane .

Douay-Rheims 1899

Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread.

Geneva Bible 1599

He that is despised, and is his owne seruant, is better then he that boasteth himselfe and lacketh bread.

Noyes Bible

Better is he that demeaneth himself, and hath a servant, Than he that exalteth himself, and hath no bread.

Danish Bible 1931

Hellere overses, når man holder Træl, end optræde stort, når man mangler Brød.

Leeser Tanakh

Better is he that is lightly esteemed who hath a servant, than he that aimeth after honor, and lacketh bread.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that playeth the man of rank, and lacketh bread.

King James Version

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

King James Version + Apocrypha

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Thà một người ở bực hèn hạ và có tôi tớ, Còn hơn kẻ tự tôn mà lại thiếu ăn.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better Than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

Revised West Version

Ko ia ʻoku fehiʻanekina, ka ʻoku tauhi ia ʻe ia pe, ʻoku lelei lahi hake ia ʻiate ia ʻoku fakaongoongolelei ia, ʻe ia pe, kae masiva meʻakai.

French Ostervald Bible

L'homme qui est humble bien qu'il ait un serviteur, vaut mieux que celui qui se glorifie et qui manque de pain.

Esperanto Bible

Pli bona estas homo negrava, sed laboranta por si, Ol homo, kiu serĉas honoron, sed al kiu mankas pano.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Mieux vaut être d’une condition humble et avoir un serviteur Que de faire le glorieux et de manquer de pain.

German Luther Bible 1912

Wer gering ist und wartet des Seinen, der ist besser, denn der groß sein will, und des Brotes mangelt.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Better is a man in dishonor serving himself, than one honouring himself and lacking bread.

British English Septuagint 2012

Better is a man in dishonour serving himself, than one honouring himself and lacking bread.

Majority Standard BIble

Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.

Webster Bible

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoreth himself, and is destitute of bread.

Revised Version

Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

Italian Riveduta Bible

E’ meglio essere in umile stato ed avere un servo, che fare il borioso e mancar di pane.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Mieux vaut être de condition modeste et avoir un serviteur, que de faire l'important et de manquer de pain.

Reina Valera 1909

Mejor es el que es menospreciado y tiene servidores, que el que se precia, y carece de pan.

Spanish BLL

Es mejor ser un hombre común y tener un criado, que dárselas de importante y no tener qué comer.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Mejor es el que es menospreciado y tiene un siervo, que el que se jacta y carece de pan.

Croatian Bible

Bolje je biti malen i imati samo jednog slugu nego se hvastati a nemati ni kruha.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Ko se snebiva, a ima slugu, bolji je od onog koji se veliča a hleba nema.

German Textbibel

Besser fährt, wer gering ist und dabei doch einen Diener hat, als wer vornehm tut und des Brots ermangelt.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Better is a man in dishonor serving himself, Than one honoring himself and wanting bread.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

ט֣וֹב נִ֭קְלֶה וְעֶ֣בֶד ל֑וֹ מִ֝מְּתַכַּבֵּ֗ד וַחֲסַר־לָֽחֶם׃

World English Bible

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

World English Bible (Catholic)

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

World English Bible British Edition

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honours himself and lacks bread.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honours himself and lacks bread.

World English Bible Classic

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

World English Bible Updated

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

World Messianic Bible

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honours himself and lacks bread.

Young's Literal Translation

Better [is] the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread.

SEPTUAGINTA

κρείσσων ἀνὴρ ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ δουλεύων ἑαυτῷ ἢ τιμὴν ἑαυτῷ περιτιθεὶς καὶ προσδεόμενος ἄρτου.

Brenton Septuagint

Κρείσσων ἀνὴρ ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ δουλεύων ἑαυτῷ, ἢ τιμὴν ἑαυτῷ περιτιθεὶς καὶ προσδεόμενος ἄρτου.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Май бине сэ фий ынтр-о старе смеритэ ши сэ ай о слугэ декыт сэ фачь пе фудулул ши сэ н-ай че мынка.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Лучше бути собі простим і заробляти на себе, нїж величати себе знатним, а не мати хлїба.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Лучше бути собі простим і заробляти на себе, нїж величати себе знатним, а не мати хлїба.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Ко се снебива, а има слугу, бољи је од оног који се велича а хлеба нема.

Russian Synodal Bible

Лучше простой, но работающий на себя, нежели выдающий себя за знатного, но нуждающийся в хлебе.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

טֹ֣וב נִ֭קְלֶה וְעֶ֣בֶד לֹ֑ו מִ֝מְּתַכַּבֵּ֗ד וַחֲסַר־לָֽחֶם׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

טוב נקלה ועבד לו ממתכבד וחסר לחם׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

اَلْحَقِيرُ وَلَهُ عَبْدٌ خَيْرٌ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَمَجِّدِ وَيُعْوِزُهُ ٱلْخُبْزُ.

Old Persion Version Bible

کسی‌که حقیر باشد و خادم داشته باشد، بهتراست از کسی‌که خویشتن را برافرازد و محتاج نان باشد.

Judson Burmese Bible

စားစရာ မ ရှိဘဲ ဝါကြွား သောသူထက် ၊ အသရေ မရှိ၊ ကိုယ် အလုပ် ကိုလုပ်ရသောသူသည် သာ၍ကောင်း ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

비천히 여김을 받을지라도 종을 부리는 자는 스스로 높은 체 하고도 음식이 핍절한 자보다 나으니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

軽んじられていても、しもべを持つ者は、 自分を大きく見せても、パンに乏しい者にまさる。

World Chinese Bible

不受重视却有仆人的， 胜过自抬身价却缺少食物的。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

被人轻贱，却有仆人， 强如自尊，缺少食物。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

被人輕賤，卻有僕人， 強如自尊，缺少食物。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Melhor é o que estima pouco a si mesmo mas tem quem o sirva, do que aquele que elogia e si mesmo, mas nem sequer tem pão.

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Mashi Bible

Omuntu ogwêrhe omushizi wâge ye mukulu, ahâli h’omuntu ocikuza yêne agali bulà omugati.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Besser gering sein und sein eigener Knecht, als großtun und nichts zu essen haben!

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

El que está en posición baja y tiene un siervo, es mejor que uno que tiene una alta opinión de sí mismo y necesita pan.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Mejor es el poco estimado, Pero que tiene un esclavo, Que el que se alaba y carece de pan.

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

He that is lightly esteemed, and hath an eved, is better than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh lechem.

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