Proverbs 19:1
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19:1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity1
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- 1 People should follow honesty even if it leads to poverty (e.g., Prov 18:23; 19:22).
- 2 Heb “lips.” The term “lips” is a metonymy for what one says with his lips. The expression “perverse in his lips” refers to speech that is morally perverted. Some medieval Hebrew the , and have “his ways” rather than “his lips” (e.g., Prov 28:6); cf. .
- 3 The and read “rich” instead of “fool.” This makes tighter antithetical parallelism than and is followed by . However, the makes sense as it stands; this is an example of metonymical parallelism. The reading is also supported by the . The Hebrew construction uses וְהוּא (véhu’), “and he [is],” before “fool.” This may be rendered “one who is perverse while a fool” or “a fool at the same time.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity
than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than a fool whose lips are perverse.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Better a poor person who lives with integrity
than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Better to be poor and honest
than to be dishonest and a fool.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Better a poor person walking in integrity
than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,
Than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
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