Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
It's not fitting for a fool to live in luxury; neither is it for a servant to rule over princes.
New American Standard Bible
Much less for a
King James Version
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Holman Bible
how much less for a slave to rule over princes!
A Conservative Version
Luxurious living is not fitting for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over rulers.
American Standard Version
Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Amplified
Luxury is not fitting for a fool;
Much less for a slave to rule over princes.
Bible in Basic English
Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.
Darby Translation
Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Julia Smith Translation
Delight is not becoming to the foolish one; much less for a servant to rule over chiefs.
King James 2000
Luxury is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For a fool living in luxury is not fitting, [any] more [than it is] for a slave to rule over princes.
Modern King James verseion
Luxury is not becoming for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Delicate ease becometh not a fool; much more unseemly is it, a bond man to have the rule of princes.
NET Bible
Luxury is not appropriate for a fool; how much less for a servant to rule over princes!
New Heart English Bible
Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
The Emphasized Bible
Unseemly for dullard, is delicate living, how much more for, a servant, to bear rule over princes.
Webster
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
World English Bible
Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Youngs Literal Translation
Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.
Themes
Citizens » Wicked and treasonable
Delight » Who delight is not seemly for
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 19:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness
9 A witness to lies will not go unpunished; the teller of falsehoods will perish. 10 It's not fitting for a fool to live in luxury; neither is it for a servant to rule over princes. 11 A person's discretion makes him slow to anger, and it is to his credit that he ignores an offence.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 26:1
Like snowfall in summer or rain at harvest time, so honor is inappropriate for a fool.
Proverbs 30:21-22
Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot remain steady:
1 Samuel 25:36
Abigail returned to Nabal, and he was there in his house holding a festival like the festival of a king. Nabal's heart was glad, and he was very drunk, so she didn't tell him anything at all until morning.
2 Samuel 3:24-25
So Joab approached the king and asked him, "What have you done? Look, Abner came to you! What's this? You sent him away? He's long gone now!
2 Samuel 3:39
Today, even though I'm anointed as king, I'm weak. These men, sons of Zeruiah, are too difficult for me. May the LORD repay the one who acts wickedly in accordance with his wickedness!"
Esther 3:15
The couriers went out, urged on by the king's command, and the edict was issued in Susa the capital. The king and Haman sat down to drink, while the city of Susa was thrown into confusion.
Proverbs 17:7
Appropriate speech is inconsistent with the fool; how much more are deceitful statements with a prince!
Ecclesiastes 10:5-7
Here's another tragedy that I've observed on earth, a kind of error that comes from an overseer:
Isaiah 3:5
People will oppress one another It will be man against man and neighbor against neighbor. The young will be disrespectful to the old, and the worthless to the honorable.
Isaiah 5:11-12
"How terrible it will be for those who rise at dawn in order to grab a stiff drink, for those who stay up late at night as wine inflames them!
Isaiah 22:12-14
On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth.
Hosea 7:3-5
They please the king with their evil, and the princes with their dishonesty.
Hosea 9:1
"Don't celebrate, Israel, like other nations would rejoice, because you left your God by committing fornication, loving the profit you gained on all of the threshing floors.
Amos 6:3-6
"Disbelieving that a day of evil will come, embracing opportunities to commit violence,
Luke 16:19
"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in great luxury every day.
Luke 16:23
In the afterlife, where he was in constant torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus by his side.
James 4:9
Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.