Verse Comparison: Proverbs 19:19
American Standard Version
A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver `him', thou must do it yet again.
Amplified® Bible
A man of great wrath shall suffer the penalty; for if you deliver him [from the consequences], he will [feel free to] cause you to do it again.
Contemporary English Version
People with bad tempers are always in trouble, and they need help over and over again.
Darby English Version
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou deliver [him], yet thou must do it again.
Good News Bible
If someone has a hot temper, let him take the consequences. If you get him out of trouble once, you will have to do it again.
King James Version
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
New American Standard Bible
{A man of} great anger will bear the penalty, For if you rescue {him,} you will only have to do it again.
New International Version
A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty;
if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
New King James Version
A man of great wrath will suffer punishment;
For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
A man of great anger will bear the penalty, For if you rescue him, you will only have to do it again.
Revised Standard Version
A man of great wrath will pay the penalty; for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
Young's Literal Translation
A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.
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