American Standard Version
Proverbs 29:20
20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words?There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 29:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
- New International Version (NIV)Do you see someone who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Context of Proverbs 29:20
18Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; But he that keepeth the law, happy is he. 19A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed. Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him. 21He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last. 22An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.
Read all of Proverbs 29Proverbs 29:20 word by word
חָזִ֗יתָ אִ֭ישׁ אָ֣ץ בִּדְבָרָ֑יו תִּקְוָ֖ה לִכְסִ֣יל מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 29:20
- Proverbs 29:11A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.
- Ecclesiastes 5:2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
- James 1:19Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
- Proverbs 14:29He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
- Proverbs 21:5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hastyhastethonly to want.
- Proverbs 26:12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Commentaries on Proverbs 29:20
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20Verse 20 When a man is self-conceited, rash, and given to wrangling, there is more hope of the ignorant and profligate.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. (Compare Pr 21:5). hasty in ... words?--implying self-conceit (Pr 26:12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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