Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
He troubling his house shall inherit wind: and the foolish is servant to the wise of heart
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Holman Bible
will inherit the wind,
and a fool will be a slave
to someone whose heart is wise.
International Standard Version
Whoever troubles his household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be a servant to the wise.
A Conservative Version
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. And a foolish man shall be servant to a wise man of heart.
American Standard Version
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Amplified
He who troubles (mismanages) his own house will inherit the wind (nothing),
And the foolish will be a servant to the wise-hearted.
Bible in Basic English
The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.
Darby Translation
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
King James 2000
He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who brings trouble [to] his household, he will inherit wind, and a fool will serve the wise of heart.
Modern King James verseion
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise in heart.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso maketh disquietness in his own house, he shall have wind for his heritage; and the fool shall be servant to the wise.
NET Bible
The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.
New Heart English Bible
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
The Emphasized Bible
He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the wind, but, a servant, shall the foolish be, to the wise in heart.
Webster
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
World English Bible
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant is the fool to the wise of heart.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 11:29
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Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
28 He trusting in his riches himself shall fall: and the just shall flourish as the foliage. 29 He troubling his house shall inherit wind: and the foolish is servant to the wise of heart 30 The fruit of the just a tree of life; and he taking souls is wise.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:16
And also this an evil making sick, wholly as he came so shall he go: and what to him he shall labor for the wind?
Genesis 34:30
And Jacob will say to Simeon and to Levi, Ye troubled me to make me evil to him dwelling in the land to the Canaanites, and to the Perizzites and I men of number, and they will gather together and smite me, and I all be destroyed, and my house.
Joshua 7:24-25
And Joshua will take Achan, the son of Zerah, and the silver and the wide cloak, and the tongue of gold, and his sons and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep and his tent, and all which is to him, and all Israel with him, and they will bring them up to the valley of Achor.
1 Samuel 25:3
And the name of the man Nabal; and his wife's name Abigail: and the woman good of understanding, and beautiful of form: and the man hard and evil of works; and he as his dog.
1 Samuel 25:17
And now know and see what thou wilt do; for evil was finished against our lord and upon all his house: and he a son of Belial, from speaking to him.
1 Samuel 25:38
And it will be about ten days, and Jehovah will strike Nabal, and he will die.
Proverbs 14:19
The evil bowed before the good, and the unjust at the gates of the just one.
Proverbs 15:27
He plundering plunder troubled his house; and he hating gifts shall live.
Hosea 8:7
For they shall sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: no stalk to it: the sprout shall not make flour: perhaps it will make, strangers will swallow it down.
Habakkuk 2:9-10
Wo! to him plundering an evil plunder to his house, to set his nest on high, to deliver from the hand of evil.