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Proverbs 12:9

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9A person who is not important but has a servant is better off

than someone who acts important but has no food.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Better to be lowly and have a servant

than to play the great man and lack bread.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant

than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Better to be disregarded, yet have a servant,

than to act important but have no food.

NLTNew Living Translation

Better to be an ordinary person with a servant

than to be self-important but have no food.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

It is better to be lowly and a servant to someone

than self-glorifying and lacking food.

KJV 1900King James Version

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better

Than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.