Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
under a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is satisfied [with] food;
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;
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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References
Hastings
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 30:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Four Things That Are Intolerable
21 Under three [things] the earth trembles, and under four, it is not able to bear up: 22 under a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is satisfied [with] food; 23 under an unloved woman when she gets married, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 19:10
For a fool living in luxury is not fitting, [any] more [than it is] for a slave to rule over princes.
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have even seen slaves [riding] on horses and princes walking like slaves on the earth!
1 Samuel 25:3
The name of the man [was] Nabal, and the name of his wife [was] Abigail. Now the woman [was] wise and beautiful, but the man [was] stubborn and {mean}, and he [was] as his heart.
1 Samuel 25:10-11
But Nabal answered David's servants and said, "Who [is] David? And who [is] the son of Jesse? Today, [there] are many servants breaking away from the presence of their masters.
1 Samuel 25:25
Please do not let my lord set his heart against {this worthless man}, Nabal; for as his name, so [is] he. Nabal [is] his name, and stupidity [is] with him! But I, your female servant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.
1 Samuel 25:36-38
Then Abigail went to Nabal, and look, {he was holding a feast} in his house like the feast of the king. {Nabal was enjoying himself}, and he [was] very drunk, so she did not tell him a thing, {nothing at all}, until the light of morning.
1 Samuel 30:16
So he took him down, and {there they were}, spread out over the surface of all the land, eating and drinking and dancing because of all of the abundant plunder which they had taken from the land of [the] Philistines and from the land of Judah.
Proverbs 28:3
A man [who is] poor and oppresses the impoverished [is] a beating rain {that leaves} no food.
Isaiah 3:4-5
And I will make boys their princes, and children shall rule over them.