Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Seest thou not, that they which be diligent in their business stand before kings, and not among the simple people?
New American Standard Bible
He will
He will not stand before obscure men.
King James Version
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Holman Bible
He will stand in the presence of kings.
He will not stand in the presence of unknown men.
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International Standard Version
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will work for kings, not unimportant people.
A Conservative Version
See thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.
American Standard Version
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.
Amplified
Do you see a man skillful and experienced in his work?
He will stand [in honor] before kings;
He will not stand before obscure men.
Bible in Basic English
Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.
Darby Translation
Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.
Julia Smith Translation
Sawest thou a man apt in his works? Before kings shall he stand; he shall not stand before the dark ones
King James 2000
See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A man who is skillful in his work, you shall see: before kings, he will serve; he will not serve before the commoners.
Modern King James verseion
Do you see a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before unknown men.
NET Bible
Do you see a person skilled in his work? He will take his position before kings; he will not take his position before obscure people.
New Heart English Bible
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.
The Emphasized Bible
Seest thou a man prompt in his business? before kings, shall he stand, he shall not stand before men who are obscure.
Webster
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
World English Bible
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.
Youngs Literal Translation
Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!
Topics
Interlinear
M@la'kah
Yatsab
Paniym
פּנים
Paniym
before, face, presence, because, sight, countenance, from, person, upon, of, ...me, against, ...him, open, for, toward,
Usage: 2119
Yatsab
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 22:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living With Your Neighbor
28 Thou shalt not remove the landmark, which thy fore elders have set. 29 Seest thou not, that they which be diligent in their business stand before kings, and not among the simple people?
Cross References
Genesis 41:46
And he was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And then Joseph departed from Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
Proverbs 10:4
An idle hand maketh poor; but a quick laboring hand maketh rich.
1 Kings 10:8
Happy are thy men: and happy are these thy servants, which stand ever before thee and hear thy wisdom.
1 Kings 11:28
And this fellow Jeroboam was an active man. And when Solomon saw the young man, that he wrought so lustily in the work, he made him ruler over all the charges of the house of Joseph.
Proverbs 12:24
A diligent hand shall bear rule; but the idle shall be under tribute.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thou takest in hand to do, that do with all thy power: for among the dead, where thou goest unto, there is neither work, counsel, knowledge nor wisdom.
Matthew 25:21
Then his master said unto him, 'Well, good servant and faithful; Thou hast been faithful in little, I will make thee ruler over much: enter in into thy master's joy.'
Matthew 25:23
And his master said unto him, 'Well, good servant and faithful; Thou hast been faithful in little, I will make thee ruler over much: go in into thy master's joy.'
Romans 12:11
Let not that business which ye have in hand be tedious to you. Be fervent in the spirit. Apply yourselves to the time.
2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word, be fervent; be it in season, or out of season. Improve, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.