Tobit 12:8

ASV Byzantine Text

Good is prayer with fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold:

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Yaehnah neh thangthuinah he then. Tedae te rhoi lakah khaw duengnah neh doedannah he then ngai. Duengnah neh a yol m'boei he khaw a thae lamloh muep boei lakah khaw then. Hlang doedanah he tah sui n'tung lakah khaw then.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Bona est oratio cum jejunio, et eleemosyna magis quam thesauros auri recondere:

Brenton English Septuagint

Prayer is good with fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold:

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Bidden en vasten is een voortreffelijk werk, en aalmoezen geven is meer waard, dan schatten gouds te verzamelen.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold:

King James Version + Apocrypha

Prayer is good with fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold:

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Prayer is good with fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold:

LXX2012 U. S. English

Prayer is good with fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold:

British English Septuagint 2012

Prayer is good with fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold:

Revised Version

Good is prayer with fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold:

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Le bien, c'est la prière avec le jeûne, l'aumône et la justice. Un peu avec la justice vaut mieux que beaucoup avec l'iniquité. Il vaut mieux faire l'aumône que d'amasser de l'or.

Spanish BLL

Es muy buena la oración acompañada de ayuno, de ayuda a los pobres y de justicia. Es mejor tener poquito siendo justos, que tener mucho siendo chuecos. Es mejor ayudar a los pobres que juntar oro.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Buena es la oración con ayuno, limosna y justicia. Un poco con justicia es mejor que mucho con iniquidad. Es mejor dar limosna que atesorar oro.

Croatian Bible

Dobra je molitva s postom, s milostinjom i s pravednošću. Bolje je malo s pravednošću nego mnogo s nepravdom. Bolje je dijeliti milostinju nego sabirati u hrpe zlato.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Prayer is good with fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold:

World English Bible (Catholic)

Good is prayer with fasting, alms, and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Good is prayer with fasting, alms, and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold.

World English Bible Classic

Good is prayer with fasting, alms, and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold.

World English Bible Updated

Good is prayer with fasting, alms, and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold.

SEPTUAGINTA

ἀγαθὸν προσευχὴ μετὰ νηστείας καὶ ἐλεημοσύνης καὶ δικαιοσύνης· ἀγαθὸν τὸ ὀλίγον μετὰ δικαιοσύνης ἢ πολὺ μετὰ ἀδικίας. καλὸν ποιῆσαι ἐλεημοσύνην ἢ θησαυρίσαι χρυσίον·

Brenton Septuagint

Ἀγαθὸν προσευχὴ μετὰ νηστείας καὶ ἐλεημοσύνης καὶ δικαιοσύνης· ἀγαθὸν τὸ ὀλίγον μετὰ δικαιοσύνης, ἢ πολὺ μετὰ ἀδικίας· καλὸν ποιῆσαι ἐλεημοσύνην ἢ θησαυρίσαι χρυσίον.

Mashi Bible

Okushenga, omu kucîshalisa okunali, n’okukâjira amarhabâle omu bushinganyanya, ebyo bilushire obugale burhalimwo bushinganyanya. Kuli kwinjà kulusha okukahâna oburhabâle ahâli h’okubîka obuhirhi bw’amasholo.

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