Mazmur 37:16

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Lebih baik yang sedikit pada orang benar dari pada yang berlimpah-limpah pada orang fasik;

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Lebih baik yang sedikit pada orang benar dari pada yang berlimpah-limpah pada orang fasik;

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Adapun sedikit yang pada orang benar itu terlebih baik dari pada kelimpahan banyak orang jahat.

Contextual Overview

⁷ Holde thee still in God, and wayte paciently vpon him: fret not thy selfe at him whose way doth prosper, at the man that doth abhominations. ⁸ Leaue of from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not thy selfe, lest thou be moued to do euill. ⁹ For the malitious doers shalbe rooted out: and they that paciently wayte after God, they shall inherite the lande. ¹⁰ [Looke] at them yet a litle whyle, and the vngodly shalbe cleane gone: thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be [there] ¹¹ But the meeke spirited shall possesse the earth: and shalbe delighted in the aboundaunce of peace. ¹² The vngodly busieth his head [all] against the iust: and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth. ¹³ The Lorde shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth that his day is comming. ¹⁴ The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde, and haue bended their bowe: to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of right conuersation. ¹⁵ But their sworde shal go thorow their owne heart: & their bow shalbe broken. ¹⁶ A small thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of ye vngodly.

Bible Verse Review
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Proverbs 3:33, Proverbs 13:25, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17, Proverbs 16:8, Proverbs 30:9, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Ecclesiastes 4:6, Matthew 6:11, 1 Timothy 6:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:41 - then Proverbs 12:27 - but Proverbs 15:6 - in the revenues Proverbs 17:1 - a dry Ecclesiastes 5:20 - For he shall not much remember Jeremiah 35:9 - General Daniel 1:15 - their Luke 6:20 - Blessed Luke 9:17 - eat Luke 12:15 - for Luke 18:30 - manifold more 1 Timothy 4:8 - having Hebrews 11:26 - greater

Cross-References

Song of Solomon 1:7
Tell me O thou whom my soule loueth, where thou feedest the sheepe, where thou makest them rest at the noone day: for why shall I be like hym that goeth wrong about the flockes of thy companions?

Luke 19:10
For the sonne of man is come to seke, and to saue that which was lost.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A little that a righteous man hath,.... It is the portion of the righteous, for the most part, to have but little of this world's goods; some indeed have been rich, as Abraham, Lot, David, Joseph of Arimathea, and others; but, generally speaking, the wicked have the largest share of worldly things, and the righteous but little, and are as having nothing comparatively; and yet their little

[is] better than the riches of many wicked; not that a little is better than much, or that poverty is better than riches, or a poor man better than a rich man; but the comparison is between a righteous man and a wicked man; the emphasis lies there; and the sense is, that a "righteous" man's "little" is better than a "wicked" man's "much"; the righteous have a right to what they have, through Christ, who is heir of all things, but not the wicked; they have what they have in love and with a blessing, not so the wicked; they are contented in their state and condition, when the wicked are never satisfied; they possess and enjoy what they have, even all they have, when God oftentimes does not give the wicked an heart to eat and drink of what they are possessed, but a stranger eats it; they have the presence of God with them, and that makes a little sweet, and to go a great way; and they live without any anxious, distressing, burdensome care; not so the wicked; and before long the tables will be turned, and they will have their good things, and the wicked their evil things; see Proverbs 16:8; wherefore they have no need to fret under present circumstances, nor envy the happiness of wicked men. Arama interprets it, of a little help that a righteous man has, better than the riches of many wicked; and Gussetius r understands all this not of the smallness and largeness of the substance of different persons, but of their numbers, the one small, the other large; and Jarchi, that the sense is, that a few persons with the righteous, which was the case of Abraham and Gideon, are better and succeed more than the multitude of many wicked persons; and the church should be content with a small number of believers, and not draw in a multitude of wicked men into their communion.

r Ebr. Comment. p. 213, 475.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A little that a righteous man hath - literally, “Good is a little to the righteous, more than,” etc. Our translation, however, has expressed the sense with sufficient accuracy. There are two things implied here:

(a) that it happens not unfrequently that the righteous have little of the wealth of this world; and

(b) that this little is to them of more real value, accompanied, as it is, with higher blessings, than the more abundant wealth which the wicked often possess.

It is better to have but little of this world’s goods with righteousness, than it is to have the riches of many wicked men - or the wealth which is often found in the possession of wicked men - with their ungodliness. It is not always true, indeed, that the righteous are poor; but if they are poor, their lot is more to be desired than that of the wicked man, though he is rich. Compare Luke 16:19-31.

Is better than the riches of many wicked - Of many wicked people. The small property of one truly good man, with his character and hopes, is of more value than would be the aggregate wealth of many rich wicked men with their character and prospects. The word rendered “riches” here - המון hâmôn - means properly noise, sound, as of rain or of a multitude of people; then, a multitude, a crowd of people; and then, a “multitude” of possessions; that is, riches or wealth. The allusion here is not, as Prof. Alexander supposes, to the tumult or bustle which often attends the acquisition of property, or to the disorder and disquiet which attends its possession, but simply to the “amount” considered as large, or as accumulated or brought together. It is true that its acquisition is often attended with bustle and noise; it is true that its possessor has not often the peace and calmness of mind which the man has who has a mere competence; but the simple thought here is that, in reference to the amount, or the actual possession, it is better, on the whole, to have what the poor, pious man has, than to have what many wicked men have, if it were all gathered together. It does more to make a man happy on earth; it furnishes a better prospect for the life to come.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 37:16. A little that a righteous man hath — This is a solid maxim. Whatever a good man has, has God's blessing in it; even the blessings of the wicked are cursed.