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Proverbs 29:21–22

21  Whoever pampers his servant from childhood

will in the end find him his heir.4

22  dA man of wrath stirs up strife,

and one given to anger causes much transgression.

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Proverbs 29:21–22 — The New International Version (NIV)

21 A servant pampered from youth

will turn out to be insolent.

22 An angry person stirs up conflict,

and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.

Proverbs 29:21–22 — 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.

22 An angry man stirreth up strife,

And a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

Proverbs 29:21–22 — New Living Translation (NLT)

21 A servant pampered from childhood

will become a rebel.

22 An angry person starts fights;

a hot-tempered person commits all kinds of sin.

Proverbs 29:21–22 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

21 He who pampers his servant from childhood

Will have him as a son in the end.

22 An angry man stirs up strife,

And a furious man abounds in transgression.

Proverbs 29:21–22 — New Century Version (NCV)

21 If you spoil your servants when they are young,

they will bring you grief later on.

22 An angry person causes trouble;

a person with a quick temper sins a lot.

Proverbs 29:21–22 — American Standard Version (ASV)

21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child

Shall have him become a son at the last.

22 An angry man stirreth up strife,

And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

Proverbs 29:21–22 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

22 An angry man exciteth contention; and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

Proverbs 29:21–22 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

21 Pamper a slave from childhood, 

and later he will be ungrateful. 

22 An angry person stirs up a fight, 

and a hothead does much wrong. 

Proverbs 29:21–22 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

21 A slave pampered from his youth

will become arrogant later on.

22 An angry man stirs up conflict,

and a hot-tempered man increases rebellion.

Proverbs 29:21–22 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

21 A slave pampered from childhood

will come to a bad end.

22 One given to anger stirs up strife,

and the hothead causes much transgression.

Proverbs 29:21–22 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

21 He who pampers his servant from childhood,

arrogance will be his end.

22 A man of anger will stir strife,

and the owner of anger, much transgression.

Proverbs 29:21–22 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

21 If you spoil your servant while he is young,

he will bring you sorrow later on.

22 An angry man stirs up fights.

And a person who burns with anger commits many sins.

Proverbs 29:21–22 — 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.

22 An angry man stirs up strife,

And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.


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