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

18Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. 19A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer. 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 his son at the length. 22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

Proverbs 29:20 word by word

חָזִ֗יתָ אִ֭ישׁ אָ֣ץ בִּדְבָרָ֑יו תִּקְוָ֖ה לִכְסִ֣יל מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

• 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 uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
• Ecclesiastes 5:2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
• James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
• Proverbs 14:29He that is slow to wrath 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 of every one that is hasty only 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

Topics related to Proverbs 29:20

• Rashness
• Speaking
• Tongue
• Words

In the dictionaries

• Correct
• Delicately
• Flatter
• Hasty
• Rejoice
• Trust
• Uphold
• Haste
• Hezekiah (2)
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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