Proverbs 29:19

World English Bible

¹⁹A servant can’t be corrected by words.
Though he understands, yet he will not respond.

Proverbs 29:19

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁹A slave cannot be disciplined by words;
though he understands, he doesn’t respond.^(A)

¹⁹Servants cannot be corrected by mere words;
though they understand, they will not respond.

²¹He who pampers his servant from youth
will have him become a son in the end.

²¹A slave pampered from his youth
will become arrogant^[a] later on.

²¹A servant pampered from youth
will turn out to be insolent.

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