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Proverbs 29:21

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21Whoever pampers his servant from childhood

will in the end find him his heir.4

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  1. 4The meaning of the Hebrew word rendered his heir is uncertain

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A servant pampered from youth

will turn out to be insolent.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A servant pampered from his youth

will become arrogant later on.

NLTNew Living Translation

A servant pampered from childhood

will become a rebel.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He who pampers his servant from childhood,

arrogance will be his end.

KJV 1900King James Version

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child

Shall have him become his son at the length.