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32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his own spirit, than he who captures a city.

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32 Better a patient person than a warrior,
    one with self-control than one who takes a city.

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28 Like a (A)city that is broken into and without a wall
Is a man (B)without restraint over his spirit.

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28 Like a city whose walls are broken through
    is a person who lacks self-control.

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11 A (A)fool [a]lets out all of his spirit,
But a (B)wise man holds it back.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:11 Lit sends forth all his spirit

11 Fools give full vent to their rage,(A)
    but the wise bring calm in the end.(B)

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