Better a little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked.
Daniel 1:15 - Tree of Life Version At the end of ten days their appearance looked better and their bodies healthier than all the youths who ate the king’s food. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And at the end of ten days it was seen that they were looking better and had taken on more flesh than all the youths who ate of the king's rich dainties. American Standard Version (1901) And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths that did eat of the king’s dainties. Common English Bible At the end of ten days they looked better and healthier than all the young men who were eating the king’s food. Catholic Public Domain Version But, after ten days, their faces appeared better and fatter than all the children who had eaten from the king's food. English Standard Version 2016 At the end of ten days it was seen that they were better in appearance and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate the king’s food. |
Better a little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked.
You are to serve Adonai your God, and He will bless your food and your water. Moreover I will take sickness away from your midst.
You sowed much but bring in little. You eat but are never satisfied. You drink but not enough to get filled. You put on clothes but no one is warm. And whoever earns wages works for a bag full of holes.”
“You have looked for much, but indeed, there is little. What you have brought home, I have blown away. Why is this?”—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot—“because My House lies in ruins, while you are running, each to his own house.
If you will not listen, and if you will not take to heart to give glory to My Name” —says Adonai-Tzva’ot— “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, indeed I have cursed them, because you did not take it to heart.
But He replied, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”