Proverbs 28:6
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28:6A poor person16 who walks in his integrity is better
than one who is perverse in his ways17 even though18 he is rich.19
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- 16 This chapter gives a lot of attention to the contrast between the poor and the rich, assuming an integrity for the poor that is not present with the rich; the subject is addressed in vv. 6, 8, 11, 20, 22, 25, and 27 (G. A. Chutter, “Riches and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs,” 18 [1982]: 23–28).
- 17 The Hebrew term translated “ways” is in the dual, suggesting that the person has double ways, i.e., he is hypocritical. C. H. Toy does not like this idea and changes the form to the plural (Proverbs [], ), but his emendation is gratuitous and should be rejected.
- 18 Heb “and he is rich.” Many English versions treat this as a concessive clause (cf. “though he be rich”).
- 19 This is another “better” saying, contrasting a poor person who has integrity with a rich person who is perverse. Of course there are rich people with integrity and perverse poor people, but that is not of interest here. If it came to the choices described here, honest poverty is better than corrupt wealth.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than the rich whose ways are perverse.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Better the poor person who lives with integrity
than the rich one who distorts right and wrong.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Better to be poor and honest
than to be dishonest and rich.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Better to be poor and walking in one’s integrity
than to be crooked of ways when one is rich.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness,
Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
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