Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant is the fool to the wise of heart.

New American Standard Bible

He who troubles his own house will inherit wind,
And the foolish will be servant to the wisehearted.

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

The one who brings ruin on his household
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.

Julia Smith Translation

He troubling his house shall inherit wind: and the foolish is 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עכר 
`akar 
Usage: 14

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

the wind
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

and the fool
אויל 
'eviyl 
Usage: 26

עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

to the wise
חכם 
Chakam 
Usage: 137

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

28 Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish. 29 Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant is the fool to the wise of heart. 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls is wise.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:16

And this also is a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage is to him who laboureth for wind?

Genesis 34:30

And Jacob saith unto Simeon and unto Levi, 'Ye have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I am few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have smitten me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.'

Joshua 7:24-25

And Joshua taketh Achan son of Zerah, and the silver, and the robe, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his ox, and his ass, and his flock, and his tent, and all that he hath, and all Israel with him, and they cause them to go up the valley of Achor.

1 Samuel 25:3

And the name of the man is Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail, and the woman is of good understanding, and of fair form, and the man is hard and evil in doings; and he is a Calebite.

1 Samuel 25:17

And, now, know and consider what thou dost; for evil hath been determined against our lord, and against all his house, and he is too much a son of worthlessness to be spoken to.'

1 Samuel 25:38

And it cometh to pass, in about ten days, that Jehovah smiteth Nabal, and he dieth,

Proverbs 14:19

The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Proverbs 15:27

A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.

Hosea 8:7

For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do swallow it up.

Habakkuk 2:9-10

Woe to him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,

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