Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
KJV
Servus sapiens dominabitur filiis stultis, et inter fratres hæreditatem dividet.
Vulgate
οἰκέτης νοήμων κρατήσει δεσποτῶν ἀφρόνων, ἐν δὲ ἀδελφοῖς διελεῖται μέρη.
LXX
A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.
ASV
עֶֽבֶד מַשְׂכִּ֗יל יִ֭מְשֹׁל בְּ/בֵ֣ן מֵבִ֑ישׁ וּ/בְ/ת֥וֹךְ אַ֝חִ֗ים יַחֲלֹ֥ק נַחֲלָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 221×
יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ
ybshv
verb · 112×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
ם
m
verb · 64×
מַשְׂכִּ֑יל
mshkyl
verb · 63×
מוֹשֵׁ֖ל
mvshl
verb · 82×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 4:13 — Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
- Gen 39:4 — And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
- Prov 10:5 — He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
- Prov 10:5 — He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
- Prov 12:24 — The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
- Prov 14:35 — The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
- Prov 19:26 — He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
- Prov 19:26 — He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.