Loving Discipline and Knowledge

Proverbs 12:9

In 11 translations

BSB: Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.
KJV: He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
WEB: Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread.
ASV: Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.
LSV: Better [is] the lightly esteemed who has a servant, || Than the self-honored who lacks bread.
YLT: Better [is] the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread.
DBY: Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
DRC: Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread.
GNV: He that is despised, and is his owne seruant, is better then he that boasteth himselfe and lacketh bread.
JPS: Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that playeth the man of rank, and lacketh bread.
LXXE: Better is a man in dishonour serving himself, than one honouring himself and wanting bread.

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

WLC: ט֣וֹב נִ֭קְלֶה וְעֶ֣בֶד ל֑וֹ מִ֝מְּתַכַּבֵּ֗ד וַחֲסַר־לָֽחֶם׃
LXX-Br: Κρείσσων ἀνὴρ ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ δουλεύων ἑαυτῷ, ἢ τιμὴν ἑαυτῷ περιτιθεὶς καὶ προσδεόμενος ἄρτου.

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Proverbs 13:7One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).