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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
טוב-מעט בצדקה-- מרב תבואות בלא משפט
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
tvb-m`t bTSdqh-- mrb tbvAvt blA mSHpt

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
melius est parum cum iustitia quam multi fructus cum iniquitate

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without justice.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
New King James Version   
Better is a little with righteousness, Than vast revenues without justice.
21st Century King James Version   
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without righteousness.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Better is a little in righteousness than a multitude of gain which is not by justice.
Darby Bible Translation   
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
God's Word   
Better a few [possessions] gained honestly than many gained through injustice.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Better a little with righteousness than great income with injustice.
International Standard Version   
A little gain with righteousness is better than great income without justice.
NET Bible   
Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.
New American Standard Bible   
Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice.
New International Version   
Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.
New Living Translation   
Better to have little, with godliness, than to be rich and dishonest.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.
The World English Bible   
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
EasyEnglish Bible   
If you do what is right but you are not rich, that is better than to be rich because you cheat people.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Better [is] a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.
New Life Version   
A little earned in a right way is better than much earned in a wrong way.
The Voice Bible   
Better to have little and stand for what is right than to become rich by doing what is wrong.
Living Bible   
A little gained honestly is better than great wealth gotten by dishonest means.
New Catholic Bible   
It is better to have little and be righteous than to acquire great riches with injustice.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Better is a little with righteousness Than great produce with injustice.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Better is a little with righteousness than a great number of fruits with injustice.
Christian Standard Bible   
Better a little with righteousness than great income with injustice.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Better is a little with righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation and right standing with God) than great revenues with injustice.
New Century Version   
It is better to be poor and right than to be wealthy and dishonest.
The Message   
Far better to be right and poor than to be wrong and rich.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Better a little with righteousness than a large income without justice.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice.
Good News Translation®   
It is better to have a little, honestly earned, than to have a large income, dishonestly gained.
Wycliffe Bible   
Better is a little with rightfulness, than many fruits with wickedness.
Contemporary English Version   
It's better to be honest and poor than to be dishonest and rich.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Better a little with righteousness than great profits without justice.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Better is a little with righteousness Than great income [gained] with injustice.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Better a little with justice, than a large income with injustice.
New American Standard Bible   
Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice.
The Expanded Bible   
It is better to ·be poor [have little] and ·right [righteousness] than ·to be wealthy [much gain] and ·dishonest [injustice].
Tree of Life Version   
Better a little with righteousness than much income without justice.
Revised Standard Version   
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
New International Reader's Version   
It is better to have a little and do right than to have a lot and be unfair.
BRG Bible   
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Better a little with righteousness than a huge income with injustice.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Better is a little with tzedakah than great revenues without mishpat (justice).
Names of God Bible   
Better a few possessions gained honestly than many gained through injustice.
Modern English Version   
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
Easy-to-Read Version   
It is better to be poor and do right than to be rich and do wrong.
International Children’s Bible   
It is better to be poor and do what is right than to be wealthy and be unfair.
Lexham English Bible   
Better is little with righteousness than great income with no justice.
New International Version - UK   
Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.