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Proverbs 12:9

NETBible	Better is a person of humble standing¹ who nevertheless has a servant,² than one who pretends to be somebody important³ yet has no food.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 12:9	Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 12:9	Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant Than he who honors himself and lacks bread.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 12:9	It is better to be a nobody with a servant than to be self–important but have no food.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 12:9	Better to be ordinary and work for a living than act important and starve in the process.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 12:9	He who is of low position and has a servant, is better than one who has a high opinion of himself and is in need of bread.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 12:9	Better to be despised and have a servant, than to be self-important and lack food.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 12:9	Better is the one who is slighted but has a servant, Than he who honors himself but lacks bread.
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KJV	[He that is] despised <07034> (8737)_, and hath a servant <05650>_, [is] better <02896> than he that honoureth <03513> (8693) himself, and lacketh <02638> bread <03899>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 12:9	Better <02896> is he who is lightly <07034> esteemed <07034> and has a servant <05650> Than <04480> he who honors <03513> himself and lacks <02638> bread <03899> .
LXXM	kreisswn <2908> A-NSM anhr <435> N-NSM en <1722> PREP atimia <819> N-DSF douleuwn <1398> V-PAPNS eautw <1438> D-DSM h <2228> CONJ timhn <5092> N-ASF eautw <1438> D-DSM peritiyeiv <4060> V-PAPNS kai <2532> CONJ prosdeomenov {V-PMPNS} artou <740> N-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	Better <02896> is a person of humble standing <07034> who nevertheless has a servant <05650> , than one who pretends to be somebody important <03513> yet has no <02638> food <03899> .
HEBREW	Mxl <03899> roxw <02638> dbktmm <03513> wl <0> dbew <05650> hlqn <07034> bwj (12:9) <02896>

NETBible

Better is a person of humble standing¹ who nevertheless has a servant,² than one who pretends to be somebody important³ yet has no food.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “one who is lightly regarded.” The verb קָלָה (qalah) means “to be lightly esteemed; to be dishonored; to be degraded” (BDB 885 s.v.).

²tn The meaning of the phrase וְעֶבֶד לוֹ (vÿ’eved lo) is ambiguous; the preposition is either possessive (“has a servant”) or a reflexive indirect object (“is a servant for himself”; cf. NAB, TEV). Several versions (LXX, Vulgate, Syriac) read “and yet has a servant.”

³tn Heb “who feigns importance.” The term מְתַכַּבֵּד (mÿtakkabed, from כָּבֵד, caved, “to be weighty; to be honored; to be important”) is an example of the so-called “Hollywood” Hitpael which describes a person putting on an act (BDB 458 s.v. כָּבֵד Hitp.2).

³sn This individual lives beyond his financial means in a vain show to impress other people and thus cannot afford to put food on the table.