Proverbs 12:9

NIV: Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

NAS: Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant Than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

KJV: He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

GWT: Better to be unimportant and have a slave than to act important and have nothing to eat.

ASV: Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.

BBE: He who is of low position and has a servant, is better than one who has a high opinion of himself and is in need of bread.

DBY: Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

DRB: Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread.

WBS: He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoreth himself, and is destitute of bread.

WEB: Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.

YLT: Better is the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread.