Proverbs 29:19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 By mere words slaves are not disciplined,
for though they understand, they will not give heed.
Proverbs 29:19
Revised Standard Version
19 By mere words a servant is not disciplined,
for though he understands, he will not give heed.
Proverbs 29:21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 A slave pampered from childhood
will come to a bad end.[a]
Footnotes
- 29.21 Vg: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 29:21
Revised Standard Version
21 He who pampers his servant from childhood,
will in the end find him his heir.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:21 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
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