Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Better is lowliness of spirit, with the patient, than a portion of spoil, with the proud.
New American Standard Bible
Than to
King James Version
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Holman Bible
than to divide plunder with the proud.
International Standard Version
Better to be humble among the poor, than to share what is stolen with the proud.
A Conservative Version
Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
American Standard Version
Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Amplified
It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly
Than to divide the spoil with the proud (haughty, arrogant).
Bible in Basic English
Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.
Darby Translation
Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the meek, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Julia Smith Translation
Good the cast down of spirit with the humble more than to divide the spoil with the proud.
King James 2000
Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Better a lowly spirit with the poor than dividing the spoil with the proud.
Modern King James verseion
It is better to be of an humble spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Better it is to be of humble mind with the lowly, than to divide the spoils with the proud.
NET Bible
It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.
New Heart English Bible
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
Webster
Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
World English Bible
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
Youngs Literal Translation
Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 16:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
18 Before grievous injury, pride! and, before a fall, haughtiness of spirit! 19 Better is lowliness of spirit, with the patient, than a portion of spoil, with the proud. 20 He that showeth discretion concerning a matter, shall find good, and, he that trusteth in Yahweh, how happy is he!
Cross References
Exodus 15:9
Said the fee - I will pursue - overtake divide spoil, - Take her fill of them - shall my soul, I will bare my sword, root them out - shall my hand.
Isaiah 57:15
For, thus, saith he that is high and lifted up - Inhabiting futurity, And, holy, is his name: A high and holy place, will I inhabit, Also with the crushed and lowly in spirit, To revive the spirit of the lowly, and To revive the heart of them who are crushed; -
Psalm 34:18
Near is Yahweh, to the broken in heart, And, the crushed in spirit, will he save.
Psalm 138:6
Though lofty is Yahweh, yet, the lowly, he regardeth, but, the haughty - afar off, doth he acknowledge.
Proverbs 29:23
The loftiness of a man, layeth him low, - but, one of a lowly spirit, shall attain unto honour.
Isaiah 9:3
Thou hast increased the exultation Thou hast made great the joy, - They joy before thee, according to the joy of harvest, As men exult when they distribute spoil.
Isaiah 10:6
Against an irreligious nation, will I send him, Yea against the people with whom I am wroth, will I command him, - To capture spoil And lay hold on prey, And cause them to be trodden down as the mire of the lanes.
Isaiah 10:13-15
For he hath said - By the strength of mine own hand, have I effectually wrought, And by my wisdom - for I have discernment, - That I might remove the bounds of peoples, Yea their treasures, have I plundered That I might lay prostrate as a mighty one the inhabitants;
Isaiah 53:12
Therefore, will I give him a portion in the great, And the strong, shall he apportion as spoil, Because he poured out, to death his own soul, And with transgressors, let himself be numbered, - Yea, he, the sin of Many, bare, And for transgressors, interposeth.
Matthew 5:3
Happy, the destitute, in spirit; for, theirs, is the kingdom of the heavens;
Luke 1:51-53
He hath wrought strength with his arm, He hath scattered men arrogant in the intention of their heart;
Luke 18:13-14
But, the tax-collector, afar off, standing, - would not so much as lift up, his eyes, unto heaven, but kept smiting his own breast saying - O God! be propitiated unto me, the sinner!