Proverbs 19:11
King James Version (KJV)
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
In context
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12 The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
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Proverbs 19:11 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
- WEB World English Bible
- The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory [is] to pass over transgression.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
- WBS Webster Bible
- The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.