Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Better a lowly spirit with the poor than dividing the 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.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Better is lowliness of spirit, with the patient, than a portion of spoil, 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 destruction [comes] pride, and before a fall, a haughty spirit. 19 Better a lowly spirit with the poor than dividing the spoil with the proud. 20 He who is attentive to a matter will find goodness, and he who trusts in Yahweh, his own happiness.
Cross References
Exodus 15:9
[The] enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide plunder, my desire will be full [of] them, I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.'
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says [the] high and lofty one who resides forever, and [whose] name [is] holy: "I reside [in] a high and holy place, and with [the] {contrite} and humble of spirit, to revive [the] spirit of [the] humble, and to revive [the] heart of [the] {contrite}.
Psalm 34:18
Yahweh [is] near to [those who are] heartbroken and saves [those who are] crushed in spirit.
Psalm 138:6
Though Yahweh [is] high, yet he sees [the] lowly, but [the] proud he perceives at a distance.
Proverbs 29:23
The pride of a person will bring him humiliation, and the lowly of spirit will obtain honor.
Isaiah 9:3
You have made the nation numerous; you have not made the joy great. They rejoice in your presence as [with] joy at the harvest, as they rejoice when they divide plunder.
Isaiah 10:6
I send him against a godless nation, and I command him against the people of my wrath, to capture spoil and to carry off plunder, and to make them a trampling place, like [the] clay of [the] streets.
Isaiah 10:13-15
For he says, "I have done [it] by the strength of my hand and by my wisdom, for I have understanding, and I have removed [the] boundaries of peoples, and I have plundered their stores, and like a bull I have brought down {the inhabitants}.
Isaiah 53:12
Therefore, I will divide to him [a portion] among the many, and with [the] strong ones he will divide bounty, {because} he poured his life out to death and was counted with [the] transgressors; and he was the one who bore the sin of many and will intercede for the transgressors.
Matthew 5:3
"Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 1:51-53
He has done a mighty deed with his arm; he has dispersed the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
Luke 18:13-14
But the tax collector, standing far away, did not want even to raise his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'