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Proverbs 19:10

10 For a fool living in luxury is not fitting,

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

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Proverbs 19:10 — The New International Version (NIV)

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

how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

Proverbs 19:10 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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

much less for a slave to rule over princes.

Proverbs 19:10 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

10 Delight is not seemly for a fool;

Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Proverbs 19:10 — New Living Translation (NLT)

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

or for a slave to rule over princes!

Proverbs 19:10 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

10 Luxury is not fitting for a fool,

Much less for a servant to rule over princes.

Proverbs 19:10 — New Century Version (NCV)

10 A fool should not live in luxury.

A slave should not rule over princes.

Proverbs 19:10 — American Standard Version (ASV)

10 Delicate living is not seemly for a fool;

Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Proverbs 19:10 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

10 Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Proverbs 19:10 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

10 Luxury does not fit a fool, 

much less a slave ruling princes. 

Proverbs 19:10 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

10 Luxury is not appropriate for a fool —

how much less for a slave to rule over princes!

Proverbs 19:10 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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

much less for a slave to rule over princes.

Proverbs 19:10 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

10 It isn’t proper for a foolish person to live in great comfort.

And it is much worse when a slave rules over princes!

Proverbs 19:10 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

10 Luxury is not fitting for a fool;

Much less for a slave to rule over princes.


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