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Douay-Rheims
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Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread.
King James
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He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Louis Second
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Mieux vaut être d'une condition humble et avoir un serviteur Que de faire le glorieux et de manquer de pain
Martin Luther
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Wer gering ist und wartet des Seinen, der ist besser, denn der groß sein will, dem des Brots mangelt.
Vulgate
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melior est pauper et sufficiens sibi quam gloriosus et indigens pane

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


melior : better.
pauper : poor, with few means, poverty-stricken.
pauper : beggar, person without means.
sufficiens : adequate, affluent, availing.
quam : (fem. sing. acc.) (the church), WHICH the Lord loved.
quam : (adv. and conj.) how, than, as .. as possible.