Proverbs 19:10 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Luxury does not fit a fool, much less a slave ruling princes.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

ASV:

Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

BBE:

Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

DBY:

Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

ERV:

Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

JPS:

Luxury is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

WBS:

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

WEB:

Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

YLT:

Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.

Proverbs 19:10 Cross References

XREF:

Proverbs 17:7 Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, Much less are lying lips to a prince.

Proverbs 26:1 Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a fool.

Proverbs 30:22 Under a slave when he becomes king, And a fool when he is satisfied with food,

Ecclesiastes 10:6 folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.

Ecclesiastes 10:7 I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

19:10 {c} Delight is not proper for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
(c) The free use of things are not to be permitted to him who cannot use them correctly.

WES:

19:10 Delight - To live in pleasure and outward glory, doth not become him, nor suit with him; because prosperity corrupts even wise men, and makes fools mad; and because it gives him more opportunity to discover his folly, and to do mischief both to himself and others.

MHC:

19:3. Men run into troubles by their own folly, and then fret at the appointments of God. 4. Here we may see how strong is men's love of money. 5. Those that tell lies in discourse, are in a fair way to be guilty of bearing false-witness. 6. We are without excuse if we do not love God with all our hearts. His gifts to us are past number, and all the gifts of men to us are fruits of his bounty. 7. Christ was left by all his disciples; but the Father was with him. It encourages our faith that he had so large an experience of the sorrows of poverty. 8. Those only love their souls aright that get true wisdom. 9. Lying is a damning, destroying sin. 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.

CONC:

Appropriate Beseemeth Comely Comfort Delicate Delight Fitting Fool Foolish Less Luxury Material Princes Rule Rulers Seemly Servant Slave Worse

Appropriate Comfort Delicate Delight Fitting Fool Foolish Good Less Material Princes Rule Seemly Servant Slave Worse

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