Proverbs 16:8 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Better [is] a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

English ASV

Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

English Amplified

Better is a little with righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation and right standing with God) than great revenues with injustice. [Ps. 37:16; Prov. 15:16.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Better is a little with righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation and right standing with God) than great revenues with injustice. [Ps. 37:16; Prov. 15:16.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Better a little with righteousness than great income with injustice.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.

English EASY 2024

If you do what is right but you are not rich, that is better than to be rich because you cheat people.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

It is better to be poor and do right than to be rich and do wrong.

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

It is better to have a little, honestly earned, than to have a large income, dishonestly gained.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Better a few {possessions} gained honestly than many gained through injustice.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Better a little with righteousness than great income with injustice.

English KJV 1611

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

English LSB

Better is a little with righteousness Than great produce with injustice.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without justice.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Better a little with virtue, than a large income with injustice.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

It is better to have a little and do right than to have a lot and be unfair.

English NIV

Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.

English NKJ 1982

Better is a little with righteousness, Than vast revenues without justice.

English NLT

It is better to be poor and godly than rich and dishonest.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

It is better to have little with a heart that loves justice than to be rich and not have God on your side.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

A little gained honestly is better than great wealth gotten by dishonest means.

English Tyndale 1537

Better is it to have a little thing with righteousness, than great rents wrongously gotten.

Proverbs 16:8 — Compare Translations