Proverbs 19:10
8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12 The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon 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
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
Read in contextProverbs 26:1
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
Read in contextLuke 16:19
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Read in contextLuke 16:23
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Read in contextJames 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Read in context2 Samuel 3:24–25
Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?
Read in context2 Samuel 3:39
And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
Read in contextAmos 6:3–6
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
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