Proverbs 29:19
“A seruant will not be corrected by words: for though hee vnderstand, hee will not answere.”
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Proverbs 29:19 Context
17Correct thy sonne, and hee shall giue thee rest: yea he shall giue delight vnto thy soule. 18Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the Law, happy is he. 19A seruant will not be corrected by words: for though hee vnderstand, hee will not answere. 20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a foole then of him. 21He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from a child, shall haue him become his sonne at the length.
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Other Translations for Proverbs 29:19
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
- King James Version
A slave will not be instructed by words {alone;} For though he understands, there will be no response.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.
- American Standard Version (1901)
A servant will not be trained by words; for though the sense of the words is clear to him, he will not give attention.
- Basic English Bible
A servant is not corrected by words: he understandeth indeed, but he will not answer.
- Darby Bible
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understandeth, he will not answer.
- Webster's Bible
A servant can't be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
- World English Bible
By words a servant is not instructed though he understand, And there is nothing answering.
- Youngs Literal Bible
A servant will not be corrected by words; for though he understand, there will be no response.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 29:19
29:19 A servant - Who is so not only in condition, but also in the temper of his mind, disingenuous, and stubborn. Words - By mere words. Tho' - Though he know thy mind, and his own duty.