Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.
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.
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 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.
Interlinear
Chemah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 19:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Foolish Son Brings Ruin To Others
18 Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul. 19 A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add. 20 Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:30-31
And the anger of Saul burneth against Jonathan, and he saith to him, 'Son of a perverse rebellious woman! have I not known that thou art fixing on the son of Jesse to thy shame, and to the shame of the nakedness of thy mother?
1 Samuel 22:7-23
And Saul saith to his servants who are standing by him, 'Hear, I pray you, ye Benjamites; also to all of you doth the son of Jesse give fields and vineyards! all of you he doth appoint heads of thousands and heads of hundreds!
1 Samuel 24:17-22
And he saith unto David, 'More righteous thou art than I; for thou hast done me good, and I have done thee evil;
1 Samuel 26:21-25
And Saul saith, 'I have sinned; turn back, my son David, for I do evil to thee no more, because that my soul hath been precious in thine eyes this day; lo, I have acted foolishly, and do err very greatly.'
2 Samuel 16:5-6
And king David hath come in unto Bahurim, and lo, thence a man is coming out, of the family of the house of Saul, and his name is Shimei, son of Gera, he cometh out, coming out and reviling;
Proverbs 22:24-25
Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,
Proverbs 25:28
A city broken down without walls, Is a man without restraint over his spirit!
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.