Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1) good, pleasant, agreeable 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses) 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature) 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) 1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation 1e) good, appropriate, becoming 1f) better (comparative) 1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature) 1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature) 1i) good, kind, benign 1j) good, right (ethical) n m 2) a good thing, benefit, welfare 2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 2b) good things (collective) 2c) good, benefit 2d) moral good n f 3) welfare, benefit, good things 3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 3b) good things (collective) 3c) bounty">2896 [e] טֽוֹב־ ṭō-wḇ- Better [is] Adj-ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be poor 1a2) to be in want or hunger 1a3) poor man (subst) 1b)(Hithpolel) one impoverishing himself (participle)">7326 [e] רָ֭שׁ rāš the poor V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away 1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to walk 1b2) to walk (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to traverse 1c2) to walk about 1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk">1980 [e] הוֹלֵ֣ךְ hō-w-lêḵ who walks V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 1a) completeness, fulness 1b) innocence, simplicity 1c) integrity">8537 [e] בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ bə-ṯum-mōw; in his integrity Prep-b | N-msc | 3ms 6141 [e] מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ mê-‘iq-qêš Than [one who is] perverse Prep-m | Adj-msc 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)">8193 [e] שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו p̄ā-ṯāw, in his lips N-fdc | 3ms 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)">1931 [e] וְה֣וּא wə-hū and is Conj-w | Pro-3ms 3684 [e] כְסִֽיל׃ ḵə-sîl. a fool N-ms

New American Standard Bible
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity Than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool.

King James Bible
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Better a poor man who lives with integrity than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

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