Parallel Verses
- New International Reader's Version - It is better to have respect for the Lord and have little than to be rich and have trouble.
- 新标点和合本 - 少有财宝，敬畏耶和华， 强如多有财宝，烦乱不安。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 财宝稀少，敬畏耶和华， 强如财宝众多，烦乱不安。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 财宝稀少，敬畏耶和华， 强如财宝众多，烦乱不安。
- 当代译本 - 财物虽少但敬畏耶和华， 胜过家财万贯却充满烦恼。
- 圣经新译本 - 财物虽少而敬畏耶和华， 胜过财物丰富却烦恼不安。
- 中文标准译本 - 财物 虽少却敬畏耶和华， 好过宝物众多却烦乱不安。
- 现代标点和合本 - 少有财宝敬畏耶和华， 强如多有财宝烦乱不安。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 少有财宝，敬畏耶和华， 强如多有财宝，烦乱不安。
- New International Version - Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil.
- English Standard Version - Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.
- New Living Translation - Better to have little, with fear for the Lord, than to have great treasure and inner turmoil.
- The Message - A simple life in the Fear-of-God is better than a rich life with a ton of headaches.
- Christian Standard Bible - Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure with turmoil.
- New American Standard Bible - Better is a little with the fear of the Lord Than great treasure, and turmoil with the treasure.
- New King James Version - Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, Than great treasure with trouble.
- Amplified Bible - Better is a little with the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the Lord Than great treasure and trouble with it.
- American Standard Version - Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.
- King James Version - Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
- New English Translation - Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth and turmoil with it.
- World English Bible - Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.
- 新標點和合本 - 少有財寶，敬畏耶和華， 強如多有財寶，煩亂不安。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 財寶稀少，敬畏耶和華， 強如財寶眾多，煩亂不安。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 財寶稀少，敬畏耶和華， 強如財寶眾多，煩亂不安。
- 當代譯本 - 財物雖少但敬畏耶和華， 勝過家財萬貫卻充滿煩惱。
- 聖經新譯本 - 財物雖少而敬畏耶和華， 勝過財物豐富卻煩惱不安。
- 呂振中譯本 - 少所有而敬畏永恆主、 勝過許多財寶、而有煩亂於其中。
- 中文標準譯本 - 財物 雖少卻敬畏耶和華， 好過寶物眾多卻煩亂不安。
- 現代標點和合本 - 少有財寶敬畏耶和華， 強如多有財寶煩亂不安。
- 文理和合譯本 - 少有而寅畏耶和華、愈於多財而煩擾、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 富而多慮、不如寡得而寅畏耶和華。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 多有貨財、煩擾不安、不如少有而畏主、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Más vale tener poco, con temor del Señor, que muchas riquezas con grandes angustias.
- 현대인의 성경 - 가난하지만 여호와를 두려운 마음으로 섬기는 것이 부유하면서도 늘 번민 속에 사는 것보다 낫다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Лучше немного, но со страхом перед Господом, чем большое богатство и с ним – тревога.
- Восточный перевод - Лучше немного, но со страхом перед Вечным, чем большое богатство и с ним – тревога.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Лучше немного, но со страхом перед Вечным, чем большое богатство и с ним – тревога.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Лучше немного, но со страхом перед Вечным, чем большое богатство и с ним – тревога.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mieux vaut avoir peu et craindre Dieu que de posséder une grande fortune avec du tourment.
- リビングバイブル - 財産があるばかりにあれこれ気を遣うより、 貧しくとも主を信じて生きるほうが幸せです。
- Nova Versão Internacional - É melhor ter pouco com o temor do Senhor do que grande riqueza com inquietação.
- Hoffnung für alle - Lieber arm und Gott gehorsam als reich und voller Sorgen.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Thà ít của mà kính sợ Chúa Hằng Hữu, hơn là có nhiều tài sản mà bối rối cặp theo.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - มีน้อยแต่ยำเกรงองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ดีกว่ามีมากแต่เดือดร้อนวุ่นวาย
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - การมีอยู่เพียงน้อยนิดและรู้จักเกรงกลัวพระผู้เป็นเจ้ายังจะดีกว่า การมีทรัพย์สมบัติมหาศาลแต่อยู่ในความวุ่นวายสับสน
Cross Reference
- Ecclesiastes 2:10 - I gave myself everything my eyes wanted. There wasn’t any pleasure that I refused to give myself. I took delight in everything I did. And that was what I got for all my work.
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 - But then I looked over everything my hands had done. I saw what I had worked so hard to get. And nothing had any meaning. It was like chasing the wind. Nothing was gained on this earth.
- Ecclesiastes 2:18 - I hated everything I had worked for on earth. I’ll have to leave all of it to someone who lives after me.
- Ecclesiastes 2:19 - And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Either way, they’ll take over everything on earth I’ve worked so hard for. That doesn’t have any meaning either.
- Ecclesiastes 2:20 - So I began to lose hope because of all my hard work on this earth.
- Ecclesiastes 2:21 - A person might use wisdom, knowledge and skill to do their work. But then they have to leave everything they own to someone who hasn’t worked for it. That doesn’t have any meaning either. In fact, it isn’t fair.
- Ecclesiastes 2:22 - What do people get for all their hard work on earth? What do they get for all their worries?
- Ecclesiastes 2:23 - As long as they live, their work is nothing but pain and sorrow. Even at night their minds can’t rest. That doesn’t have any meaning either.
- Proverbs 10:22 - The blessing of the Lord brings wealth. And it comes without painful work.
- Proverbs 28:6 - It is better to be poor and live without blame than to be rich and follow a crooked path.
- Psalm 37:16 - Those who do what is right may have very little. But it’s better than the wealth of many sinners.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10 - Anyone who loves money never has enough. Anyone who loves wealth is never satisfied with what they get. That doesn’t have any meaning either.
- Ecclesiastes 5:11 - As more and more goods are made, more and more people use them up. So how can those goods benefit their owners? All they can do is look at them with desire.
- Ecclesiastes 5:12 - The sleep of a worker is sweet. It doesn’t matter whether they eat a little or a lot. But the wealth of rich people keeps them awake at night.
- 1 Timothy 6:6 - You gain a lot when you live a godly life. But you must be happy with what you have.
- Proverbs 16:8 - It is better to have a little and do right than to have a lot and be unfair.