Parallel Verses
NET Bible
A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.
New American Standard Bible
For if you rescue him, you will only have to do it again.
King James Version
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
Holman Bible
if you rescue him, you’ll have to do it again.
International Standard Version
The person who has great anger must pay the consequences, because if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
A Conservative Version
A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty, for if thou deliver [him], thou must do it yet again.
American Standard Version
A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver him , thou must do it yet again.
Amplified
A man of great anger will bear the penalty [for his quick temper and lack of self-control];
For if you rescue him [and do not let him learn from the consequences of his action], you will only have to rescue him over and over again.
Bible in Basic English
A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.
Darby Translation
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
Julia Smith Translation
The stern in wrath lifted up a fine: for if thou shalt deliver and thou shalt yet add.
King James 2000
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if you deliver him, yet you must do it again.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A hot-tempered person pays a penalty; if you rescue [him], you will do [it] yet again.
Modern King James verseion
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if you deliver him yet you must do it again.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For great wrath bringeth harm; therefore let him go, and so mayest thou teach him more nurture.
New Heart English Bible
A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.
The Emphasized Bible
A man in a rage, taketh away the penalty, - nevertheless, if thou let him go free, the more stripes must thou add.
Webster
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
World English Bible
A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.
Youngs Literal Translation
A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.
Interlinear
Chemah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 19:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Foolish Son Brings Ruin To Others
18 Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death. 19 A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again. 20 Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:30-31
Saul became angry with Jonathan and said to him, "You stupid traitor! Don't I realize that to your own disgrace and to the disgrace of your mother's nakedness you have chosen this son of Jesse?
1 Samuel 22:7-23
Saul said to his servants who were stationed around him, "Listen up, you Benjaminites! Is Jesse's son giving fields and vineyards to all of you? Or is he making all of you commanders and officers?
1 Samuel 24:17-22
He said to David, "You are more innocent than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!
1 Samuel 26:21-25
Saul replied, "I have sinned. Come back, my son David. I won't harm you, for you treated my life with value this day. I have behaved foolishly and have made a very terrible mistake!"
2 Samuel 16:5-6
Then King David reached Bahurim. There a man from Saul's extended family named Shimei son of Gera came out, yelling curses as he approached.
Proverbs 22:24-25
Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,
Proverbs 25:28
Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper.
Proverbs 29:22
An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.