Proverbs 29:20

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

18When there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but the one who keeps the law, blessed is he! 19A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer. Do you see someone who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. 21If someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling in the end. 22An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.

Proverbs 29:20 word by word

חָזִ֗יתָ אִ֭ישׁ אָ֣ץ בִּדְבָרָ֑יו תִּקְוָ֖ה לִכְסִ֣יל מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Seestחָזָהchâzâh · to seeH2372
• thou a manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• hastyאוּץ'ûts · to hastenH213
• in his wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• more hopeתִּקְוָהtiqvâh · hopeH8615
• of a foolכְּסִילkesîyl · foolH3684

Cross-references for Proverbs 29:20

• Proverbs 29:11A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.
• Ecclesiastes 5:2Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth! Therefore, let your words be few.
• James 1:19Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
• Proverbs 14:29The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.
• Proverbs 21:5The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
• Proverbs 26:12Do you see a man 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

Topics related to Proverbs 29:20

• Rashness
• Speaking
• Tongue
• Words

In the dictionaries

• Correct
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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