God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 19:10
10Luxury does not fit a fool, much less a slave ruling princes.
Proverbs 19:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- New International Version (NIV)It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
- English Standard Version (ESV)It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Luxury is not fitting for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule over princes.
Context of Proverbs 19:10
8A person who gains sense loves himself. One who guards understanding finds something good. 9A lying witness will not go unpunished. One who tells lies will die. Luxury does not fit a fool, much less a slave ruling princes. 11A person with good sense is patient, and it is to his credit that he overlooks an offense. 12The rage of a king is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:10 word by word
לֹֽא־נָאוֶ֣ה לִכְסִ֣יל תַּעֲנ֑וּג אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־לְעֶ֤בֶד׀ מְשֹׁ֬ל בְּשָׂרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 19:10
- Proverbs 30:21Three things cause the earth to tremble, even four it cannot bear up under:
- 1 Samuel 25:36When Abigail came to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his home. It was like a king’s banquet. He was in a good mood and very drunk, so she didn’t tell him anything until dawn.
- Esther 3:15The messengers hurried out as the king told them. The decree was also issued at the fortress of Susa. So the king and Haman sat down to drink a toast, but the city of Susa was in turmoil.
- Isaiah 5:11How horrible it will be for those who get up early to look for a drink, who sit up late until they are drunk from wine.
- Isaiah 22:12On that day the Almighty Lord of Armies will call for crying and for mourning, for shaving your heads and for wearing sackcloth.
- Hosea 7:3“They make kings happy with the wicked things they do. They make officials happy with the lies they tell.
- Hosea 9:1Israel, don’t rejoice. Don’t celebrate as other nations do. You have been unfaithful to your God. You have sold sex on every threshing floor.
- Amos 6:3How horrible it will be for those who think that a day of disaster is far away. They bring the reign of violence closer.
- Luke 16:19“There was a rich man who wore expensive clothes. Every day was like a party to him.
- James 4:9Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into gloom.
- 2 Samuel 3:24Then Joab went to the king and asked, “What have you done? Abner came to see you. Why did you dismiss him and let him get away?
- Ecclesiastes 10:5There is a tragedy that I’ve seen under the sun, an error often made by rulers.
- Isaiah 3:5People will oppress each other, and everyone will oppress his neighbor. The young will make fun of the old, and common people will make fun of their superiors.
Commentaries on Proverbs 19:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Delight is not seemly for a fool - תענוג taanug, splendid or luxurious living, rank, equipage, etc. These sit ill on a fool, though he be by birth a lord. For a servant to have rule over princes - I pity the king who delivers himself into the hands of his own ministers. Such a one loses his character, and cannnot be respected by his subjects, or rather their subjects. But it is still worse when a person of mean extraction is raised to the throne, or to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10“Delight,” high unrestrained enjoyment, is to the “fool” who lacks wisdom but a temptation and a snare. The second clause carries the thought on to what the despotism of Eastern monarchies often presented, the objectionable rule of some favored slave, it might be, of alien birth, over the princes and nobles of the land.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10Verse 10 A man that has not wisdom and grace, has no right or title to true joy. It is very unseemly for one who is a servant to sin, to oppress God's free-men.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. (Compare Pr 17:7). The fool is incapable of properly using pleasure as knowledge, yet for him to have it is less incongruous than the undue elevation of servants. Let each abide in his calling (1Co 7:20).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 19
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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