Proverbs 29:21
19 A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
20 Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.
22 An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
23 A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.
- KJV
- He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
- WEB
- He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.
- ASV
- He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.
- DARBY
- He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall in the end have him as a son.
- BLB
- One is pampering his servant from youth, and his end will be insolence.
- ÅB
- Forkjæler en sin slave fra ungdommen av, så vil han til sist være sønn i huset.
- OTB
- Den som skjemmer bort en tjener fra ungdommen av, vil finne ham opprørsk til slutt.
- B1930
- Forkjæler en sin træl fra ungdommen av, så vil han til sist være sønn i huset.