Parallel Verses English Standard Version Better to be lowly and have a servant than to play the great man and lack bread. King James Bible He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. American Standard Version Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread. Douay-Rheims Bible Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread. English Revised Version Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. Webster's Bible Translation He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoreth himself, and is destitute of bread. Proverbs 12:9 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament3 A man does not stand by wickedness, But the root of the righteous remains unmoved. In רשׁע there lies the idea of want of inward stay (vid., at Psalm 1:1); in a manner of thought and of conduct which has no stay in God and His law, there can be expected no external endurance, no solidity. The righteous, on the contrary, have their root in God; nothing can tear them from the ground in which they are rooted, they are as trees which no storm outroots. The very same thought is clothed in other words in Proverbs 10:25, and another statement regarding the root of the righteous is found at Proverbs 12:12. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge he that is or rather, as in the old translation 'He that is despised, and is his own servant, is better than he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread;' with which the versions generally agree. That is, it is better to be in lowness and obscurity, and to support oneself by manual labour, than to want the necessaries of life, through a foolish vanity, or with the pride of birth, which refuses to labour. despised Luke 14:11 For whoever exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. Cross References Matthew 15:8 "'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; Proverbs 12:8 A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of twisted mind is despised. Proverbs 12:10 Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel. Jump to Previous Better Bread Despised Destitute Esteemed Food Great High Honoreth Honors Honoureth Humble Lightly Low Need Nobody Opinion Playeth Plays Position Pretend Rank Servant Somebody Standing WorksJump to Next Better Bread Despised Destitute Esteemed Food Great High Honoreth Honors Honoureth Humble Lightly Low Need Nobody Opinion Playeth Plays Position Pretend Rank Servant Somebody Standing WorksLinks Proverbs 12:9 NIVProverbs 12:9 NLT Proverbs 12:9 ESV Proverbs 12:9 NASB Proverbs 12:9 KJV Proverbs 12:9 Bible Apps Proverbs 12:9 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 12:9 Chinese Bible Proverbs 12:9 French Bible Proverbs 12:9 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |