Though יהוה is exalted, He looks on the humble; But the proud He perceives from a distance.
Proverbs 16:19 - The Scriptures 2009 Better to be lowly in spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, Than to divide the spoil with the proud. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the meek and poor than to divide the spoil with the proud. American Standard Version (1901) Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud. Common English Bible Better to be humble with the needy than to divide plunder with the proud. Catholic Public Domain Version It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the arrogant. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud. |
Though יהוה is exalted, He looks on the humble; But the proud He perceives from a distance.
Qoph יהוה is near to the broken-hearted, And saves those whose spirit is crushed.
“The enemy said, ‘I pursue, I overtake, I divide the spoil, my being is satisfied on them. I draw out my sword, my hand destroys them.’
“Let us find all precious goods, Let us fill our houses with spoil.
For it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” Than that you should be put lower Before a noble whom your eyes have seen.
The pride of man brings him low, But the humble in spirit obtains esteem.
“Against a defiled nation I send him, and against the people of My wrath I command him to seize the spoil, to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mud of the streets.
Therefore I give Him a portion among the great, and He divides the spoil with the strong, because He poured out His being unto death, and He was counted with the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
For thus declares the high and exalted One who dwells forever, whose Name is set-apart, “I dwell in the high and set-apart place, with him who has a bruised and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of bruised ones.
You shall increase the nation; You shall make its joy great. They shall rejoice before You, as in the joy of harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, because theirs is the reign of the heavens.
Do they not find and divide the spoil: a girl or two for each man; a spoil of dyed work for Sisera, a spoil of dyed work embroidered, dyed work richly embroidered for the necks of the looter?’