Translations
Modern
Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.
Traditional
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Literal
Better to be lightly esteemed, and a servant is unto him, than the one honoring himself and lacking bread.
Latin
Melior est pauper et sufficiens sibi quam gloriosus et indigens pane.
Interlinear
Hebrew
English
Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.
Notes
What is real matters more than how things look.
Glossary
Topics
Bread: (Want of) Extreme Poverty Idleness: General Scriptures Concerning Pride: General Scriptures Concerning Servant: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To