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

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19 By words, a servant is not disciplined,
    for he will understand, but there is no giving heed.

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

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Footnotes

  1. 29:21 Hb obscure

21 He who pampers his servant from childhood,
    arrogance will be his end.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:21 Literally “and its/his end will be arrogance”