Proverbs 19:10
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
In context
8 He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.
9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
10 Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
11 A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Proverbs 19:10 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
- KJV King James Version
- Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- WEB World English Bible
- Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.