Proverbs 30:10
8 Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
9 Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.
11 There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
12 There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.
- KJV
- Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
- WEB
- “Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
- ASV
- Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
- DARBY
- Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
- BLB
- Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you and you be found guilty.
- ÅB
- Baktal ikke en tjener for hans herre, for at han ikke skal banne deg, og du dra skyld over deg!
- OTB
- Baktal ikke en tjener for hans herre, ellers vil han forbanne deg, og du vil bli funnet skyldig.
- B1930
- Baktal ikke en tjener for hans herre, forat han ikke skal banne dig, og du dra skyld over dig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 7:21
Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
Read in contextRomans 14:4
Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
Read in contextDaniel 3:8–18
At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,
Read in context2 Samuel 19:26–27
“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,
Read in context2 Chronicles 24:22–24
Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
Read in contextDaniel 6:13
Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”
Read in contextProverbs 24:23–24
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Read in contextDaniel 6:24
At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
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