Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
For a fool living in luxury is not fitting, [any] more [than it is] for a slave 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!
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.
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 he who breathes lies will perish. 10 For a fool living in luxury is not fitting, [any] more [than it is] for a slave to rule over princes. 11 The understanding of a person makes him slow to his {anger}, and his glory overlooks offense.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 26:1
Like snow in the summer and like rain at the harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
Proverbs 30:21-22
Under three [things] the earth trembles, and under four, it is not able to bear up:
1 Samuel 25:36
Then Abigail went to Nabal, and look, {he was holding a feast} in his house like the feast of the king. {Nabal was enjoying himself}, and he [was] very drunk, so she did not tell him a thing, {nothing at all}, until the light of morning.
2 Samuel 3:24-25
Then Joab came to the king and said, "What have you done? Abner came here to you? Why have you dismissed him that he {actually went away}?
2 Samuel 3:39
I [am] weak today even though anointed king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, [are] crueler than I [am]. May Yahweh pay them back for doing wickedness according to their [own] wickedness."
Esther 3:15
The couriers went out quickly by order of the king, and the law was issued in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; and the city of Susa was bewildered.
Proverbs 17:7
{Fine speech} [is] not becoming a fool, {still less} [is] {false speech} for a ruler.
Ecclesiastes 10:5-7
There is an evil I have seen under the sun-- [it is] an error that proceeds from a ruler!
Isaiah 3:5
And the people will be oppressed {by each other} and a man by his neighbor. The boy will act arrogantly toward the elder, and the dishonorable toward the honorable.
Isaiah 5:11-12
Ah! Those who rise early in the morning, they pursue strong drink. Those who linger in the evening, wine inflames them.
Isaiah 22:12-14
And the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, called on that day for weeping and mourning, and for baldness and girding {with} sackcloth.
Hosea 7:3-5
By their wickedness they make [the] king glad, and [the] officials by their treacheries.
Hosea 9:1
Do not rejoice, Israel, do not exult like the nations! For you played the whore, departing from your God; you loved a harlot's wage on all the threshing floors of grain.
Amos 6:3-6
You that put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of violence!
Luke 16:19
"Now a certain man was rich, and dressed [in] purple cloth and fine linen, feasting sumptuously every day.
Luke 16:23
And in Hades he lifted up his eyes [as he] was in torment [and] saw Abraham from a distance, and Lazarus {at his side}.
James 4:9
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloominess.