Other translations
American Standard Version
Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The humble spirit and humble eyes are better than he that divides loot with the mighty.
Darby Bible Translation
Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the meek, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
God's Word
Better to be humble with lowly people than to share stolen goods with arrogant people.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble than to divide plunder with the proud.
International Standard Version
Better to be humble among the poor, than to share what is stolen with the proud.
NET Bible
It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.
New American Standard Bible
It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
New International Version
Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.
New Living Translation
Better to live humbly with the poor than to share plunder with the proud.
Webster's Bible Translation
Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
The World English Bible
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
EasyEnglish Bible
You may be humble and have poor people as your friends. But that is better than if you have proud friends who give you things that they have robbed from others.
Young‘s Literal Translation
Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.
New Life Version
It is better to be poor in spirit among poor people, than to divide the riches that were taken with the proud.
The Voice Bible
It is better to be humble and live among the poor, than to divide up stolen property with the proud.
Living Bible
Better poor and humble than proud and rich.
New Catholic Bible
It is better to live humbly among the lowly than to share plunder with the proud.
Legacy Standard Bible
It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Jubilee Bible 2000
It is better to humble your spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Christian Standard Bible
Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble than to divide plunder with the proud.
Amplified Bible © 1954
Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the meek and poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
New Century Version
It is better to be humble and be with those who suffer than to share stolen property with the proud.
The Message
It’s better to live humbly among the poor than to live it up among the rich and famous.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Better to share a humble spirit with the oppressed than to share stolen goods with the haughty.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
It is better to be of a lowly spirit among the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Good News Translation®
It is better to be humble and stay poor than to be one of the arrogant and get a share of their loot.
Wycliffe Bible
It is better to be made meek with mild men, than to part spoils with proud men. (It is better to be made poor with the humble, than to part spoils with the proud.)
Contemporary English Version
You are better off to be humble and poor than to get rich from what you take by force.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
It is better to be of a lowly spirit among the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
It is better to be of a lowly spirit among the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Common English Bible © 2011
Better to be humble with the needy than to divide plunder with the proud.
Amplified Bible © 2015
It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly Than to divide the spoil with the proud (haughty, arrogant).
English Standard Version Anglicised
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
It is better to be humble with the poor than to share plunder with the proud.
New American Standard Bible
It is better to be humble in spirit with the needy Than to divide the spoils with the proud.
The Expanded Bible
It is better to be humble and ·be with those who suffer [with the needy] than ·to share stolen property [dividing plunder/spoil] with the proud.
Tree of Life Version
Better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoil with the proud.
Revised Standard Version
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
New International Reader's Version
Suppose you are lowly in spirit along with those who are treated badly. That’s better than sharing stolen goods with those who are proud.
BRG Bible
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Complete Jewish Bible
Better to be humble among the poor than share the spoil with the proud.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
It is better to be of a lowly spirit among the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Better it is to be of a humble ruach among the anayim, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
Names of God Bible
Better to be humble with lowly people than to share stolen goods with arrogant people.
Modern English Version
Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Easy-to-Read Version
It is better to be a humble person living among the poor than to share the wealth among the proud.
International Children’s Bible
It is better not to be proud and to be with those who suffer than to share stolen property with proud people.
Lexham English Bible
Better a lowly spirit with the poor than dividing the spoil with the proud.
New International Version - UK
Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.