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Proverbs 25:7

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7It’s better to wait for an invitation to the head table

than to be sent away in public disgrace.

Just because you’ve seen something,

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

for it is better to be told, “Come up here,”

than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.

What your eyes have seen

NIVNew International Version (2011)

it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”

than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here!”

than to demote you in plain view of a noble.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For it is better that he say to you, “Ascend here,”

than he humble you before a noble.

What your eyes have seen,

KJV 1900King James Version

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither;

Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince

Whom thine eyes have seen.