Parallel Verses
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!
International Standard Version
It's not fitting for a fool to live in luxury; neither is it for a servant 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 false witness will not go unpunished and the liar will perish.
10
Much less for a
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 26:1
Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor does not become a fool.
Proverbs 30:21-22
Under three things the earth is disquieted, and for four it cannot bear:
1 Samuel 25:36
When Abigail came to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his home. It was like a king's banquet. He was in a good mood and very drunk, so she did not tell him anything until dawn.
2 Samuel 3:24-25
Joab went to the king and asked: What have you done? Abner came to see you. Why did you send him away?
2 Samuel 3:39
Today, even though I am the anointed king, these men, Zeruiah's sons, are too strong for me to control. May Jehovah repay these wicked men, as their evil deed deserves.
Esther 3:15
The runners went out quickly with the king's order. A public statement was made in Shushan. The king and Haman took wine together, but the town of Shushan was troubled.
Proverbs 17:7
Excellent speech does not fit a fool; much less do lying lips a prince.
Ecclesiastes 10:5-7
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun. It is like an error that proceeds from the ruler.
Isaiah 3:5
People will oppress each other. Everyone will harass his neighbor. The young will tyrannize the old. The common people will taunt their superiors.
Isaiah 5:11-12
How horrible it will be for those who get up early in the morning to look for a drink and who sit up late at night until they are drunk from wine.
Isaiah 22:12-14
In that day Jehovah God of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth.
Hosea 7:3-5
They make kings happy with the wicked things they do. They make officials happy with the lies they tell.
Hosea 9:1
O Israel, do not rejoice. Do not celebrate as pagan nations do. You have been unfaithful to your God. You have sold sex on every threshing floor.
Amos 6:3-6
You put far away the evil day and cause the place of violence to come near.
Luke 16:19
A rich man dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day.
Luke 16:23
He was in great torment in the grave (hades). He looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side.
James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.