Proverbs 29:20 - Forerunner Commentary

Proverbs 29:20

18 ^aWhere there is no¹ revelation, the people cast off restraint;
But ^bhappy is he who keeps the law.

19 A servant will not be corrected by mere words;
For though he understands, he will not respond.

20 Do you see a man hasty in his words?
^aThere is more hope for a fool than for him.

21 He who pampers his servant from childhood
Will have him as a son in the end.

22 ^aAn angry man stirs up strife,
And a furious man abounds in transgression.

Verse Comparison: Proverbs 29:20

American Standard Version
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Amplified® Bible
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a [self-confident] fool than for him.

Contemporary English Version
There is more hope for a fool than for someone who speaks without thinking.

Darby English Version
Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Good News Bible
There is more hope for a stupid fool than for someone who speaks without thinking.

King James Version
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

New American Standard Bible
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

New International Version
Do you see a man who speaks in haste?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

New King James Version
Do you see a man hasty in his words?
There ismore hope for a fool than for him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Do you see a man who hastily speaks? We have more hope for a fool than for him.

Revised Standard Version
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Young's Literal Translation
Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.

New English Translation
Do you see someone¹ who is hasty in his words?² There is more hope for a fool than for him.³