Proverbs 19:10
8 He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.
9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
11 A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
- KJV
- Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- WEB
- Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- ASV
- Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- DARBY
- Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- BLB
- Luxury [is] not fitting for a fool—even less for a slave to rule over princes.
- ÅB
- Vellevnet høver ikke for en dåre, enda mindre høver det for en slave å herske over fyrster.
- OTB
- Overflod er ikke passende for en dåre; enda mindre for en tjener å styre over adelige.
- B1930
- Vellevnet høver ikke for en dåre, enda mindre høver det for en træl å herske over fyrster.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 30:21–22
Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
Read in contextProverbs 26:1
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
Read in contextLuke 16:19
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
Read in contextLuke 16:23
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
Read in contextJames 4:9
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
Read in context2 Samuel 3:24–25
So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!
Read in context2 Samuel 3:39
And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
Read in contextAmos 6:3–6
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
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