For though the LORD is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.
Proverbs 16:19 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
For though the LORD is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.
The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
The enemy said, 'I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the spoil. My desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.'
for it is better that it be said to you, *Come up here,* than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.
I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me will I give him a charge to take the spoil and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
*Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?