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Holman Christian Standard Bible
9 Better to be dishonored, yet have a servant, than to act important but have no food.
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English Standard Version
9 Better to be lowly and have a servant than to play the great man and lack bread.
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King James Version
9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
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The Message Bible
9 Better to be ordinary and work for a living than act important and starve in the process.
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New American Standard Bible
9 Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant Than he who honors himself and lacks bread.
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New International Version
9 Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
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New King James Version
9 Better is the one who is slighted but has a servant, Than he who honors himself but lacks bread.
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New Living Translation
9 Better to be an ordinary person with a servant than to be self-important but have no food.
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New Revised Standard
9 Better to be despised and have a servant, than to be self-important and lack food.
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American Standard Version
9 Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.
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The Bible in Basic English
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.
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Common English Bible
9 Better to be held in low regard and have a servant than to be conceited and lack food.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
9 Better to be held in low regard and have a servant than to be conceited and lack food.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
9 Better to be despised and have a servant than to boast of one's status but have nothing to eat.
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The Darby Translation
9 Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
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Good News Translation
9 It is better to be an ordinary person working for a living than to play the part of someone great but go hungry.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
9 It is better to be an ordinary person working for a living than to play the part of someone great but go hungry.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
9 Better to be unimportant and have a slave than to act important and have nothing to eat.
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Hebrew Names Version
9 Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, Than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
9 He that despises himself and becomes a slave is better than he that honours himself and lacks bread.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
9 He that is despised , and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
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Lexham English Bible
9 It is better to be lowly and a servant {to someone} than self-glorifying and lacking food.
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Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha
9 Better is a man in dishonour serving himself, than one honouring himself and wanting bread.
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New Century Version
9 A person who is not important but has a servant is better off than someone who acts important but has no food.
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New International Reader's Version
9 Being nobody and having a servant is better than pretending to be somebody and having no food.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
9 Better to be despised and have a servant, than to be self-important and lack food.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
9 Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread.
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Revised Standard Version
9 Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
9 Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.
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Third Millennium Bible
9 He that is lowly and hath a servant is better off than he that honoreth himself and lacketh bread.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
9 He that is lowly and hath a servant is better off than he that honoreth himself and lacketh bread.
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The Latin Vulgate
9 melior est pauper et sufficiens sibi quam gloriosus et indigens pane
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
9 melior est pauper et sufficiens sibi quam gloriosus et indigens pane
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The Webster Bible
9 [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoreth himself, and is destitute of bread.
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World English Bible
9 Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, Than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.
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Wycliffe
9 Better is a poor man, and sufficient (un)to himself, than (to be) a (self-)glorious man, and needy of bread.
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Young's Literal Translation
9 Better [is] the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread.
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