和合本
事情的終局強如事情的起頭；存心忍耐的，勝過居心驕傲的。

New International Version
The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.

King James Version
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

English Revised Version
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Updated King James Version
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Authorized King James Version Pure Cambridge Edition
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

American Standard Version
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; `and' the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Young's Literal Translation
Better `is' the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better `is' the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.

Bible in Basic English
The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

World English Bible
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning.

English Standard Version
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