Proverbs 29:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.”
Proverbs 29:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 29:20 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 29:20 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 29:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.”
Proverbs 29:20 — World English Bible
Proverbs 29:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.”
Proverbs 29:20 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 29:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.”
Proverbs 29:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 29:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.”
Proverbs 29:20 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 29:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Seest thou a man hastie in his matters? there is more hope of a foole, then of him.”
Proverbs 29:20 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 29:20 in Context — Proverbs 29
18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
What Does Proverbs 29:20 Mean?
Proverbs 29:20 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 29. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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