Proverbs 29:20–21
Proverbs 29:20–21 — The New International Version (NIV)
20 Do you see someone who speaks in haste?
There is more hope for a fool than for them.
21 A servant pampered from youth
will turn out to be insolent.
Proverbs 29:20–21 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words?
There is more hope of a fool than of him.
21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child
Shall have him become his son at the length.
Proverbs 29:20–21 — New Living Translation (NLT)
20 There is more hope for a fool
than for someone who speaks without thinking.
21 A servant pampered from childhood
will become a rebel.
Proverbs 29:20–21 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
20 Do you see a man hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
21 He who pampers his servant from childhood
Will have him as a son in the end.
Proverbs 29:20–21 — New Century Version (NCV)
20 Do you see people who speak too quickly?
There is more hope for a foolish person than for them.
21 If you spoil your servants when they are young,
they will bring you grief later on.
Proverbs 29:20–21 — American Standard Version (ASV)
20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words?
There is more hope of a fool than of him.
21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child
Shall have him become a son at the last.
Proverbs 29:20–21 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
20 Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall in the end have him as a son.
Proverbs 29:20–21 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
20 Have you met a person who is quick to answer?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
21 Pamper a slave from childhood,
and later he will be ungrateful.
Proverbs 29:20–21 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
20 Do you see a man who speaks too soon?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
21 A slave pampered from his youth
will become arrogant later on.
Proverbs 29:20–21 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
20 Do you see someone who is hasty in speech?
There is more hope for a fool than for anyone like that.
21 A slave pampered from childhood
will come to a bad end.
Proverbs 29:20–21 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
20 You see a man who is hasty in his words:
there is more hope for a fool than him.
21 He who pampers his servant from childhood,
arrogance will be his end.
Proverbs 29:20–21 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
20 Have you seen a man who speaks without thinking?
There is more hope for foolish people than for him.
21 If you spoil your servant while he is young,
he will bring you sorrow later on.
Proverbs 29:20–21 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
21 He who pampers his slave from childhood
Will in the end find him to be a son.