Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
WEB
It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
YLT
Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.
DBT
Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the meek, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.