A large population is a king’s splendour, but a shortage of people is a ruler’s devastation.
1 Corinthians 12:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised On the contrary, those parts of the body that are weaker are indispensable. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But instead, there is [absolute] necessity for the parts of the body that are considered the more weak. American Standard Version (1901) Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary: Common English Bible Instead, the parts of the body that people think are the weakest are the most necessary. Catholic Public Domain Version In fact, so much more necessary are those parts of the body which seem to be weaker. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Yea, much more those that seem to be the more feeble members of the body, are more necessary. |
A large population is a king’s splendour, but a shortage of people is a ruler’s devastation.
The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by the field. ,
The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I don’t need you! ’ Or again, the head can’t say to the feet, ‘I don’t need you! ’
And those parts of the body that we consider less honourable, we clothe these with greater honour, and our unrespectable parts are treated with greater respect,
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