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Prov 12:9
Better
2896a
is he who is lightly
7034
esteemed
7034
and has a servant
5650
Than
4480
he who honors
3513
himself and lacks
2638
bread
3899
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AMPLIFIED
2015
Prov 12:9
1
Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant,
Than he who [boastfully] honors himself [pretending to be what he is not] and lacks bread.
Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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1
This is the first of many verses in Proverbs that use the "better...than" construction to emphasize contrasting positions.
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2638
chaser
(341c); from 2637;
needy, lacking, in want of:--
lack(2), lacked(1), lacking(4), lacks(6), who lacks(4).
2896a
tob
(373c); from 2895;
pleasant, agreeable, good:--
beautiful(11), beneficial(1), best(7), better(75), better a good(1), charming*(1), cheerful(3), choice(2), delightful(1), fair(1), favor(1), favorable(3), favorably(3), festive(1), fine(3), fine ones(1), fit(1), generous*(1), glad(1), good(196), good and to those who(1), good is better(1), good man(3), good men(1), good-looking*(1), gracious(1), handsome(3), handsome*(1), happy(1), holiday*(3), intelligent*(1), kind(1), like*(1), man(1), more*(2), one(1), one who(1), one who(1), one who is good(1), one who is pleasing(1), pleasant(2), please*(2), pleased(1), pleases(1), pleasing(5), precious(3), pure(1), right(1), ripe(3), safely*(1), sound(1), splendid(1), sweet(1), upright(1), very well(1), well(6), well off(1), what is good(11), what seems best(1), what seems good(2), what was good(2), whatever you like*(1), who are good(1), wish*(2), worthy(1).
3513
kabad
or
kabed
(457a); a prim. root;
to be heavy, weighty,
or
burdensome:--
abounding(1), achieve honor(1), became fierce(1), became heavy(1), boasting(1), burdensome(1), dim(1), distinguished(3), dull(2), enjoy your glory(1), glorified(4), glorify(7), glorious(2), glorious things(1), grave(1), grew strong(1), harden(1), hardened(6), heavier(2), heavy(6), held in honor(1), honor(17), honor you greatly(1), honorable(4), honored(19), honoring(2), honors(5), indeed honor(1), laid burdens(1), made my heavy(1), made our heavy(2), made your heavy(3), make(1), make it glorious(1), makes himself rich(1), multiply(2), nobles(1), respected(1), stopped(1), weigh(1), weigh heavily(1), went heavily(1).
3899
lechem
(536d); from 3898b;
bread, food:--
bread(188), food(87), fruit(1), loaves(3), meal(7), meal*(1), meals(2), prey(1), provision(1), showbread*(4), something(1).
4480
min
or
minni
or
minne
(577d); a prim. prep.;
from:--
abandon*(1), about(4), above(17), above*(46), according(1), account(3), account*(2), across*(3), addition*(1), after(16), after*(5), against(13), against*(7), all(1), all alone*(1), all*(4), alone(2), alone*(2), aloof*(3), among(34), among*(1), any(35), any*(6), anything*(1), away(6), because(92), because*(86), before(12), before*(117), beforehand*(1), behind*(10), belongs(1), below(1), below*(10), beneath*(7), bereft*(1), beside*(6), besides(1), besides*(45), between(1), between*(2), beyond(1), beyond*(20), both(27), both sides*(1), both*(2), close*(1), concerning(1), concerning*(1), course*(2), devoid(2), dictated*(1), distance*(3), doing*(2), due(4), either(2), ever(1), exclusive(1), facing(2), far*(2), forever*(3), forsaking*(2), gone(2), Hamites*(1), help*(1), high*(1), hovered*(2), including(1), inside*(16), inward*(1), later*(1), leave*(7), left(1), mere(1), Mine(2), more(7), more...than(6), more than(43), more*(2), more...than(33), most(1), never*(2), no(10), no more(1), no*(1), nor(2), off(1), off*(6), one(4), openly*(1), opposite*(6), origin*(1), outermost*(1), outside*(52), over(4), over*(4), part(1), part*(1), presence*(1), previously*(1), promised*(1), rather than(7), recently*(1), regard(1), regarding*(1), removed(1), responsible*(1), result(1), said*(1), same(2), shared*(1), since(20), since*(2), so(12), so...cannot(8), so...no(4), so...none(1), so*(3), some(123), some*(1), than(224), than*(1), theirs*(2), there*(2), thereafter*(1), through(11), through...after(1), throughout(2), throughout*(1), too(51), top*(2), toward(6), toward*(3), under(3), unless*(1), when(3), where*(1), wherever*(1), whether(7), willingly*(1), within*(1), without(9), without*(6).
5650
ebed
(713d); from 5647;
slave, servant:--
attendants(1), bondage(2), male(24), male servant(7), male servants(5), male slaves(1), officers(1), official(2), Servant(6), servant(332), servant's(4), servant*(1), servants(353), servants'(2), servants*(12), slave(25), slave's(1), slave*(4), slavery(11), slaves(19), slaves*(8).
7034
qalah
(885d); a prim. root;
to be lightly esteemed
or
dishonored:--
degraded(2), dishonors(1), inferior(1), lightly esteemed(2).
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