English Standard Version
Proverbs 29:20
20Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)There is more hope for a fool than for someone who speaks without thinking.
Context of Proverbs 29:20
18Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law. 19By mere words a servant is not disciplined, for though he understands, he will not respond. Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. 21Whoever pampers his servant from childhood will in the end find him his heir. 22A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression.
Read all of Proverbs 29Proverbs 29:20 word by word
חָזִ֗יתָ אִ֭ישׁ אָ֣ץ בִּדְבָרָ֑יו תִּקְוָ֖ה לִכְסִ֣יל מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 29:20
- Proverbs 29:11A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.
- Ecclesiastes 5:2Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
- James 1:19Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
- Proverbs 14:29Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
- Proverbs 21:5The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
- Proverbs 26:12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for 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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