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Proverbs 29:21

21  Whoever pampers his servant from childhood

will in the end find him his heir.4

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Proverbs 29:21 — The New International Version (NIV)

21 A servant pampered from youth

will turn out to be insolent.

Proverbs 29:21 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child

Shall have him become his son at the length.

Proverbs 29:21 — New Living Translation (NLT)

21 A servant pampered from childhood

will become a rebel.

Proverbs 29:21 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

21 He who pampers his servant from childhood

Will have him as a son in the end.

Proverbs 29:21 — New Century Version (NCV)

21 If you spoil your servants when they are young,

they will bring you grief later on.

Proverbs 29:21 — American Standard Version (ASV)

21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child

Shall have him become a son at the last.

Proverbs 29:21 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall in the end have him as a son.

Proverbs 29:21 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

21 Pamper a slave from childhood, 

and later he will be ungrateful. 

Proverbs 29:21 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

21 A slave pampered from his youth

will become arrogant later on.

Proverbs 29:21 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

21 A slave pampered from childhood

will come to a bad end.

Proverbs 29:21 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

21 He who pampers his servant from childhood,

arrogance will be his end.

Proverbs 29:21 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

21 If you spoil your servant while he is young,

he will bring you sorrow later on.

Proverbs 29:21 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

21 He who pampers his slave from childhood

Will in the end find him to be a son.


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