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Proverbs 29:19

19 A slave will not be instructed by words alone;

For though he understands, there will be no response.

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Proverbs 29:19 — The New International Version (NIV)

19 Servants cannot be corrected by mere words;

though they understand, they will not respond.

Proverbs 29:19 — English Standard Version (ESV)

19 By mere words a servant is not disciplined,

for though he understands, he will not respond.

Proverbs 29:19 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

19 A servant will not be corrected by words:

For though he understand he will not answer.

Proverbs 29:19 — New Living Translation (NLT)

19 Words alone will not discipline a servant;

the words may be understood, but they are not heeded.

Proverbs 29:19 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

19 A servant will not be corrected by mere words;

For though he understands, he will not respond.

Proverbs 29:19 — New Century Version (NCV)

19 Words alone cannot correct a servant,

because even if they understand, they won’t respond.

Proverbs 29:19 — American Standard Version (ASV)

19 A servant will not be corrected by words;

For though he understand, he will not give heed.

Proverbs 29:19 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

19 A servant is not corrected by words: he understandeth indeed, but he will not answer.

Proverbs 29:19 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

19 A slave cannot be disciplined with words. 

He will not respond, though he may understand. 

Proverbs 29:19 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

19 A slave cannot be disciplined by words;

though he understands, he doesn’t respond.

Proverbs 29:19 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

19 By mere words servants are not disciplined,

for though they understand, they will not give heed.

Proverbs 29:19 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

19 By words, a servant is not disciplined,

for he will understand, but there is no giving heed.

Proverbs 29:19 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

19 A servant can’t be corrected only by words.

Even if he understands, he won’t obey.


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