Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
"Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
New American Standard Bible
Or he will
King James Version
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
Holman Bible
or he will curse you,
International Standard Version
Don't lie about a servant to his master, or that servant will curse you and you will pay for it.
A Conservative Version
Slander not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
American Standard Version
Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
Amplified
Do not slander or malign a servant before his master [stay out of another’s personal life],
Or he will curse you [for your interference], and you will be found guilty.
Bible in Basic English
Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.
Darby Translation
Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not slander the servant to his lord lest he shall curse thee, and thou wert guilty.
King James 2000
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not slander a servant to his master, or else he will curse you and you will be guilty.
Modern King James verseion
Do not accuse a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he speak evil of thee also, and thou be hurt.
NET Bible
Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he revile thee, and thou be found guilty.
Webster
Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
World English Bible
"Don't slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
Youngs Literal Translation
Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.
Themes
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 30:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Against Slander
9 lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is the LORD?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God. 10 "Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty. 11 There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn't bless their mother.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9
Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand"; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you.
Deuteronomy 23:15
You shall not deliver to his master a servant who is escaped from his master to you:
1 Samuel 22:9-10
Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
1 Samuel 24:9
David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Behold, David seeks your hurt?'
1 Samuel 26:19
Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that the LORD has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to the LORD's inheritance, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'
1 Samuel 30:15
David said to him, "Will you bring me down to this troop?" He said, "Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop."
2 Samuel 16:1-4
When David was a little past the top, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
2 Samuel 19:26-27
He answered, "My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, I will saddle me a donkey, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because your servant is lame.
2 Chronicles 24:22-24
Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, "May the LORD look at it, and repay it."
Proverbs 11:26
People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
Proverbs 24:23-24
These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Proverbs 28:27
One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.
Ecclesiastes 7:21
Also do not take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
Daniel 3:8-18
Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.
Daniel 6:13
Then they answered and said before the king, "That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn't regard you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day."
Daniel 6:24
The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them, and broke all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.
Romans 14:4
Who are you who judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for the Lord has power to make him stand.