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Proverbs 25:7

כִּ֤י ט֥וֹב אֲמָר לְךָ֗ עֲלֵ֫ה הֵ֥נָּה מֵהַשְׁפִּ֥ילְךָ לִפְנֵ֥י נָדִ֗יב אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָא֖וּ עֵינֶֽיךָ׃
kiy ṭvob ʾamar lka ʿaleh henah mehashpiylka lipney nadiyb ʾasher raʾv ʿeyneyka
King James Version (KJV)

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

Modern English

for it is better to be told: Come up here, than to be put lower in the presence of a noble. What your eyes have seen

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