Other translations
American Standard Version
Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A little that a righteous one has is better than the many possessions of the wicked
Darby Bible Translation
The little that the righteous hath is better than the abundance of many wicked;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Better is a little that the righteous hath than the abundance of many wicked.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
God's Word
The little that the righteous person has is better than the wealth of many wicked people.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The little that the righteous man has is better than the abundance of many wicked people.
International Standard Version
Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked people.
NET Bible
The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,
New American Standard Bible
Better is the little of the righteous Than the abundance of many wicked.
New International Version
Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;
New Living Translation
It is better to be godly and have little than to be evil and rich.
Webster's Bible Translation
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
The World English Bible
Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.
EasyEnglish Bible
It is better to do what is right and only have a few things, than to be wicked and have many things.
Young‘s Literal Translation
Better [is] the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.
New Life Version
The few things that the man right with God has is better than the riches of many sinful men.
The Voice Bible
The righteous are better off with the little God blessed them with than living under the curse of the wealth of the wicked.
Living Bible
It is better to have little and be godly than to own an evil man’s wealth;
New Catholic Bible
Preferable is the little that the righteous possess than the great wealth of the wicked.
Legacy Standard Bible
Better is the little of the righteous Than the abundance of many wicked.
Jubilee Bible 2000
A little that a righteous man has is better than the many riches of the sinners.
Christian Standard Bible
The little that the righteous person has is better than the abundance of many wicked people.
Amplified Bible © 1954
Better is the little that the [uncompromisingly] righteous have than the abundance [of possessions] of many who are wrong and wicked.
New Century Version
It is better to have little and be right than to have much and be wrong.
The Message
Less is more and more is less. One righteous will outclass fifty wicked, For the wicked are moral weaklings but the righteous are God-strong.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Better the little that one righteous person has than the wealth of many wicked people,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Better is a little that the righteous person has than the abundance of many wicked.
Good News Translation®
The little that a good person owns is worth more than the wealth of all the wicked,
Wycliffe Bible
Better is a little thing to a just man; than many riches of sinners. (Better is the little that the righteous have; than the many riches of the sinners.)
Contemporary English Version
It is better to live right and be poor than to be sinful and rich.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Better is a little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Better is a little that the righteous person has than the abundance of many wicked.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Better is a little that the righteous person has than the abundance of many wicked.
Common English Bible © 2011
Better is the little that the righteous have than the overabundant wealth of the wicked.
Amplified Bible © 2015
Better is the little of the righteous [who seek the will of God] Than the abundance (riches) of many wicked (godless).
English Standard Version Anglicised
Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Better the meagerness of the righteous one than the plenty of the wicked.
New American Standard Bible
Better is the little of the righteous Than the abundance of many wicked.
The Expanded Bible
It is better to have little and be ·right [or righteous] than to have much and be ·wrong [or wicked; Prov. 15:16; 16:8, 19].
Tree of Life Version
Better a little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked.
Revised Standard Version
Better is a little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
New International Reader's Version
Those who do what is right may have very little. But it’s better than the wealth of many sinners.
BRG Bible
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Complete Jewish Bible
Better the little that the righteous has than the wealth of all the wicked.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Better is a little that the righteous person has than the abundance of many wicked.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
A little that a tzaddik hath is better than the riches of resha’im rabbim.
Names of God Bible
The little that the righteous person has is better than the wealth of many wicked people.
Modern English Version
Better is a little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
Easy-to-Read Version
A few good people are better than a large crowd of those who are evil.
International Children’s Bible
It’s better to have little and be right than to have much and be wrong.
Lexham English Bible
The little belonging to the righteous is better than the wealth of many wicked.
New International Version - UK
Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;