Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And a fool when he is satisfied with food,
King James Version
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
Holman Bible
a fool when he is stuffed with food,
International Standard Version
Under a slave when he becomes a king, a fool when he is overfed,
A Conservative Version
For a servant when he is king, and a fool when he is filled with food,
American Standard Version
For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;
Amplified
Under a servant when he reigns,
Under a [spiritually blind] fool when he is filled with food,
Bible in Basic English
A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;
Darby Translation
Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
Julia Smith Translation
For a servant when he shall reign; and the foolish one when he shall be filled with bread;
King James 2000
For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with food;
Lexham Expanded Bible
under a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is satisfied [with] food;
Modern King James verseion
for a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with food;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
through a servant that beareth rule, through a fool that hath great riches,
NET Bible
under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food,
New Heart English Bible
For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;
The Emphasized Bible
Under a servant, when he reigneth, and a base man, when he is surfeited with food;
Webster
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with food.
World English Bible
For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;
Youngs Literal Translation
For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,
Themes
Exaltation » Of men (promotion) » Of unworthy men
Servants » Characteristics of wicked servants: » Do not bear to be exalted
Interlinear
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Malak
References
Hastings
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 30:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Four Things That Are Intolerable
21
For three things the earth is disquieted, and the fourth it cannot bear:
22
And a fool when he is satisfied with food,
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 19:10
Delight is not suitable for a fool; much less for a slave to have rule over princes.
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I saw slaves upon horses, and princes walking as slaves upon the earth.
1 Samuel 25:3
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. And she was a woman of good understanding and of a beautiful countenance, but the man was hard and evil in his doings, and he was of the lineage of Caleb.
1 Samuel 25:10-11
And Nabal answered David's slaves and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many slaves nowadays that break from their masters.
1 Samuel 25:25
Let not my lord, I pray thee, take to heart this man of Belial, even Nabal, for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, thy handmaid, did not see the servants of my lord whom thou didst send.
1 Samuel 25:36-38
And Abigail came to Nabal, and, behold, he held a banquet in his house like the banquet of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken; therefore, she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
1 Samuel 30:16
And so he brought him down, and behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and holding a feast because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines and out of the land of Judah.
Proverbs 28:3
A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
Isaiah 3:4-5
And I will give children to be their princes, and young fools shall rule over them.