Proverbs 12:9
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9oHe that is despised, and hath a servant, is better
Than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
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- oComp. ch. 13. 7, or Ecclus. 10. 27, 30?
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Better to be lowly and have a servant
than to play the great man and lack bread.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Better to be disregarded, yet have a servant,
than to act important but have no food.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Better to be an ordinary person with a servant
than to be self-important but have no food.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
It is better to be lowly and a servant to someone
than self-glorifying and lacking food.
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KJV 1900King James Version
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better
Than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
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