Proverbs 28:6

23 translations in 9 languages

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📖 Featured Translation Change version:

“Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.”

KJV · English

📚 Other Translations

23 available

📖 English

ASV

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

BBE

Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

DARBY

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, double in ways, though he be rich.

DRB

Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.

JPS

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

KJV

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

LXX Brenton

A poor man walking in truth is better than a rich liar.

WEB

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

YLT

Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

📖 French

CRAMPON

Mieux vaut le pauvre dans son intégrité que l’homme aux voies tortueuses et qui est riche.

DARBY_FR

Mieux vaut le pauvre qui marche dans son intégrité, que l'homme pervers dans ses doubles voies, bien qu'il soit riche.

LS1910

Mieux vaut le pauvre qui marche dans son intégrité, Que celui qui a des voies tortueuses et qui est riche.

📖 German

LUT1545

Es ist besser ein Armer, der in seiner Frömmigkeit gehet, denn ein Reicher, der in verkehrten Wegen gehet.

LUT1912

Es ist besser ein Armer, der in seiner Frömmigkeit geht, denn ein Reicher, der in verkehrten Wegen geht.

📖 Greek

Codex Alexandrinus

κρείσσων πτωχὸς πορευόμενος ἐν ἀληθείᾳ πλουσίου ψευδοῦς

📖 Hebrew

Leningrad Codex

טוֹב־רָשׁ הוֹלֵךְ בְּתֻמּוֹ מֵעִקֵּשׁ דְּרָכַיִם וְהוּא עָשִׁיר׃ ‬

📖 Italian

Diodati1885

Meglio vale il povero che cammina nella sua integrità, Che il perverso che cammina per due vie, benchè egli sia ricco

📖 Polish

Gdansk

Lepszy jest ubogi, który chodzi w uprzejmości swojej, niżeli przewrotny na drogach swych, chociaż jest bogaty.

📖 Portuguese

ALM1628

Melhor é o pobre que anda na sua integridade do que o de caminhos perversos ainda que seja rico.

ALM1753

Melhor é o pobre que anda na sua integridade, do que o rico perverso nos seus caminhos.

📖 Spanish

BO1569

Mejor es el pobre que camina en su perfección, que el de perversos caminos, aunque sea rico.

RV1909

Mejor es el pobre que camina en su integridad, Que el de perversos caminos, y rico.

RVA

Mejor es el pobre que camina en su integridad, Que el de perversos caminos, y rico.

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🇪🇸 Reina-Valera 1909 (RV1909)

Classic Spanish Protestant translation from the Reina-Valera tradition.

🇪🇸 Biblia del Oso 1569 (RV1569)

The first complete Spanish Bible translated by Casiodoro de Reina.

🇪🇸 Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA)

Historic Spanish revision based on early Reina-Valera texts.

🇵🇹 Almeida 1628 (ALM1628)

Early Portuguese Bible translation by João Ferreira de Almeida.

🇵🇹 Almeida 1753 (ALM1753)

Historic revision of the Portuguese Almeida Bible.

🇮🇹 Diodati 1885 (DIOD1885)

Classic Italian Protestant Bible translation.

🇬🇧 World English Bible (WEB)

Modern public domain English translation based on the American Standard Version.

🇬🇧 King James Version (KJV)

Historic English Bible translation first published in 1611.

🇫🇷 Louis Segond 1910 (LS1910)

Classic French Protestant translation widely used in French-speaking churches.

🇩🇪 Luther Bible 1912 (LUT1912)

German Bible based on Martin Luther’s historic translation.

🇵🇱 Biblia Jakuba Wujka 1599 (WUJ1599)

Historic Polish Catholic Bible translated by Jakub Wujek.

🇵🇱 Biblia Warszawska 1881 (BW1881)

Classic Polish Protestant Bible translation.

Old Testament Sources

🇮🇱 Leningrad Codex (Hebrew)

The oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible used for modern critical editions.

🇬🇧 Jewish Publication Society (JPS)

English translation of the Hebrew Scriptures by Jewish scholars.

🇬🇷 Codex Alexandrinus (Greek)

Ancient Greek manuscript containing major portions of the Septuagint.

🇬🇧 Brenton Septuagint (LXX Brenton)

English translation of the Greek Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Brenton.

🇮🇱 Samaritan Pentateuch (Hebrew)

Ancient Hebrew version of the Torah preserved by the Samaritan community.

🇬🇧 Samaritan Pentateuch (English)

English translation of the Samaritan Torah.

🇸🇾 Targum Onkelos (Aramaic)

Ancient Aramaic translation of the Torah traditionally attributed to Onkelos.

🇬🇧 Targum Onkelos (English)

English translation of the Aramaic Targum Onkelos.