Parallel Verses

NET Bible

It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.

New American Standard Bible

It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly
Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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

Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble
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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
it is to be of an humble
שׁפל 
Shaphal 
Usage: 18

רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

with the lowly
עניו ענו 
`anav 
Usage: 21

the spoil
שׁלל 
Shalal 
Usage: 73

References

American

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. 19 It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud. 20 The one who deals wisely in a matter will find success, and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.



Cross References

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, 'I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.'

Isaiah 57:15

For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

Psalm 34:18

The Lord is near the brokenhearted; he delivers those who are discouraged.

Psalm 138:6

Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the lowly, and recognizes the proud from far away.

Proverbs 29:23

A person's pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.

Isaiah 9:3

You have enlarged the nation; you give them great joy. They rejoice in your presence as harvesters rejoice; as warriors celebrate when they divide up the plunder.

Isaiah 10:6

I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets.

Isaiah 10:13-15

For he says: "By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers.

Isaiah 53:12

So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels."

Matthew 5:3

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

Luke 1:51-53

He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.

Luke 18:13-14

The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!'

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