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Proverbs 19:10

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10sDelight is not tseemly for a fool;

Much less ufor a servant to have rule over princes.

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Footnotes

  1. sEccles. 2:8. Cant. 7:6. So Micah 1:16. & 2:9 in the Heb.
  2. tSee ch. 17:7. Comp. ch. 26:1.
  3. uch. 30:22. Eccles. 10:6, 7.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury,

much less for a slave to rule over princes.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury—

how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Luxury is not appropriate for a fool —

how much less for a slave to rule over princes!

NLTNew Living Translation

It isn’t right for a fool to live in luxury

or for a slave to rule over princes!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For a fool living in luxury is not fitting,

any more than it is for a slave to rule over princes.