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Proverbs 16:19

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16:19It is better to be lowly in spirit64 with the afflicted

than to share the spoils65 with the proud.

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Footnotes

  1. 64 Heb “low of spirit”; “of an humble spirit.” This expression describes the person who is humble and submissive before the Lord and therefore inoffensive. It is always necessary to have a humble spirit, whether there is wealth or not.
  2. 65 Heb “than to divide plunder.” The word “plunder” implies that the wealth taken by the proud was taken violently and wrongfully—spoils are usually taken in warfare. R. N. Whybray translates it with “loot” (Proverbs [], 95). The proud are in rebellion against God, overbearing and oppressive. One should never share the “loot” with them.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor

than to divide the spoil with the proud.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed

than to share plunder with the proud.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble

than to divide plunder with the proud.

NLTNew Living Translation

Better to live humbly with the poor

than to share plunder with the proud.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Better a lowly spirit with the poor

than dividing the spoil with the proud.

KJV 1900King James Version

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly,

Than to divide the spoil with the proud.