Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Mieux vaut le peu du juste Que l'abondance de beaucoup de méchants;
KJV
A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.
A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.
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