Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled 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;
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,
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 tremble, and under four, it can't bear up: 22 For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food; 23 for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 19:10
Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth.
1 Samuel 25:3
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
1 Samuel 25:10-11
Nabal answered David's servants, and said, "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.
1 Samuel 25:25
Please do not let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.
1 Samuel 25:36-38
Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
1 Samuel 30:16
When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, 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 needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
Isaiah 3:4-5
And I will make youths to be their leaders, and capricious children shall rule over them.