Parallel Verses
- New International Reader's Version - It is better to be poor and live without blame than to be rich and follow a crooked path.
- 新标点和合本 - 行为纯正的穷乏人 胜过行事乖僻的富足人。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 行为纯正的穷乏人 胜过行事歪曲的有钱人。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 行为纯正的穷乏人 胜过行事歪曲的有钱人。
- 当代译本 - 行为正直的穷人， 胜过行事邪僻的富人。
- 圣经新译本 - 行为完全的穷人， 胜过行事狡诈的财主。
- 中文标准译本 - 行事纯全的穷人， 好过行事歪邪的富人。
- 现代标点和合本 - 行为纯正的穷乏人， 胜过行事乖僻的富足人。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 行为纯正的穷乏人， 胜过行事乖僻的富足人。
- New International Version - Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.
- English Standard Version - Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.
- New Living Translation - Better to be poor and honest than to be dishonest and rich.
- The Message - It’s better to be poor and direct than rich and crooked.
- Christian Standard Bible - Better the poor person who lives with integrity than the rich one who distorts right and wrong.
- New American Standard Bible - Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity, Than a person who is crooked, though he is rich.
- New King James Version - Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
- Amplified Bible - Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than he who is crooked and two-faced though he is rich.
- American Standard Version - Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
- King James Version - Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
- New English Translation - A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.
- World English Bible - Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
- 新標點和合本 - 行為純正的窮乏人 勝過行事乖僻的富足人。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 行為純正的窮乏人 勝過行事歪曲的有錢人。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 行為純正的窮乏人 勝過行事歪曲的有錢人。
- 當代譯本 - 行為正直的窮人， 勝過行事邪僻的富人。
- 聖經新譯本 - 行為完全的窮人， 勝過行事狡詐的財主。
- 呂振中譯本 - 窮乏人依純全而行、 勝過行徑乖僻而富足。
- 中文標準譯本 - 行事純全的窮人， 好過行事歪邪的富人。
- 現代標點和合本 - 行為純正的窮乏人， 勝過行事乖僻的富足人。
- 文理和合譯本 - 貧而正行、勝於富而乖戾、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 富而悖理、不如貧而善道。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 富而行邪曲道、不如貧而正直、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Más vale pobre pero honrado que rico pero perverso.
- 현대인의 성경 - 가난하지만 정직하게 사는 자가 거짓된 부자보다 낫다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Лучше бедняк, чей путь беспорочен, чем богач, чьи пути бесчестны.
- Восточный перевод - Лучше бедняк, чей путь беспорочен, чем богач, чьи пути бесчестны.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Лучше бедняк, чей путь беспорочен, чем богач, чьи пути бесчестны.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Лучше бедняк, чей путь беспорочен, чем богач, чьи пути бесчестны.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mieux vaut un pauvre qui se conduit de façon intègre qu’un riche qui suit des chemins tortueux.
- リビングバイブル - うそつきの金持ちになるより、 貧しくても正直に生きるほうがずっと幸せです。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Melhor é o pobre íntegro em sua conduta do que o rico perverso em seus caminhos.
- Hoffnung für alle - Lieber arm sein und ehrlich leben als reich sein und krumme Wege gehen!
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Thà nghèo mà ngay thật, còn hơn giàu mà bất chính.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เป็นคนยากจนแต่ดำเนินชีวิตอย่างซื่อสัตย์สุจริต ดีกว่าเป็นคนรวยแต่อยู่บนทางคดโกง
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - คนยากไร้ที่ดำเนินชีวิตด้วยสัจจะ ดีกว่าคนมั่งมีที่ใช้ชีวิตอย่างคดโกง
Cross Reference
- Proverbs 16:8 - It is better to have a little and do right than to have a lot and be unfair.
- Acts 24:24 - Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla. She was a Jew. Felix sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.
- Acts 24:25 - Paul talked about how to live a godly life. He talked about how people should control themselves. He also talked about the time when God will judge everyone. Then Felix became afraid. “That’s enough for now!” he said. “You may leave. When I find the time, I will send for you.”
- Acts 24:26 - He was hoping that Paul would offer him some money to let him go. So he often sent for Paul and talked with him.
- Acts 24:27 - Two years passed. Porcius Festus took the place of Felix. But Felix wanted to do the Jews a favor. So he left Paul in prison.
- Proverbs 19:22 - Everyone longs for love that never fails. It is better to be poor than to be a liar.
- Proverbs 28:18 - Anyone who lives without blame is kept safe. But anyone whose path is crooked will fall into the pit.
- Luke 16:19 - “Once there was a rich man. He was dressed in purple cloth and fine linen. He lived an easy life every day.
- Luke 16:20 - A man named Lazarus was placed at his gate. Lazarus was a beggar. His body was covered with sores.
- Luke 16:21 - Even dogs came and licked his sores. All he wanted was to eat what fell from the rich man’s table.
- Luke 16:22 - “The time came when the beggar died. The angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.
- Luke 16:23 - In the place of the dead, the rich man was suffering terribly. He looked up and saw Abraham far away. Lazarus was by his side.
- Proverbs 19:1 - It is better to be poor and to live without blame than to be foolish and to twist words around.