I call for my servant,\par but he does not answer.\par Even if I beg for help,\par my servant will not answer.\par
Proverbs 29:19 - Easy To Read Version A servant won’t learn a lesson if you only talk to him. That servant may understand your words but he won’t obey. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A servant will not be corrected by words: For though he understand he will not answer. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A servant will not be corrected by words alone; for though he understands, he will not answer [the master who mistreats him]. American Standard Version (1901) A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed. Common English Bible Servants aren’t disciplined by words; they might understand, but they don’t respond. Catholic Public Domain Version A servant cannot be taught by words, because he understands what you say, but he disdains to respond. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A slave will not be corrected by words: because he understandeth what thou sayest, and will not answer. |
I call for my servant,\par but he does not answer.\par Even if I beg for help,\par my servant will not answer.\par
You have to whip a horse. You have to put a bridle on a mule. And you have to beat a fool.
If a nation is not guided by God, then that nation will not have peace. But the nation that obeys God’s law will be happy.
If a person speaks without thinking, there is no hope for him. There is more hope for a fool than for the person who speaks without thinking.
A servant that becomes a king, a foolish person that has everything he needs,