Proverbs 12:9
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9It is better to be an ordinary person working for a living than to play the part of someone great but go hungry.
Copyright 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992 American Bible Society
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
Better to be lowly and have a servant
than to play the great man and lack bread.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
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.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
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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