For though Adonai is exalted, yet He looks upon the lowly, but the haughty He knows from afar.
Proverbs 16:19 - Tree of Life Version Better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoil 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 Adonai is exalted, yet He looks upon the lowly, but the haughty He knows from afar.
The righteous cry out and Adonai hears, and delivers them from all their troubles.
The enemy said, “I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My lust shall gorge on them! I will draw my sword— my hand will destroy them.”
We’ll find all sorts of valuable things, we’ll fill our homes with loot!
Better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than for you to be humiliated before a nobleman. What your eyes have seen,
A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will gain honor.
I am sending it against an ungodly nation, and against the people of My fury I am commissioning it, to take spoil and plunder, to trample them down like mud in the streets.
Therefore I will give Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoil with the mighty— because He poured out His soul to death, and was counted with transgressors. For He bore the sin of many, and interceded for the transgressors.
For thus says the High and Exalted One who inhabits eternity, whose Name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, yet also with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and revive the heart of the contrite.
For You will break the burdensome yoke and the rod on his shoulder— the war-club of his oppressor— as in the day of Midian.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
‘Are they not finding, dividing the spoil? A maiden, maidens for every warrior! To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments— a spoil of dyed garments of embroidery, double-dyed garments of embroidery for the necks of every spoiler!’