Proverbs 19:10
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
KJV
Non decent stultum deliciæ, nec servum dominari principibus.
Vulgate
αἰσχύνη πατρὶ υἱὸς ἄφρων· οὐχ ἁγναὶ εὐχαὶ ἀπὸ μισθώματος ἑταίρας.
LXX
Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
ASV
לֹֽא נָאוֶ֣ה לִ/כְסִ֣יל תַּעֲנ֑וּג אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי לְ/עֶ֤בֶד מְשֹׁ֬ל בְּ/שָׂרִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַף
'p
adverb · 133×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מוֹשֵׁ֖ל
mvshl
verb · 82×
נָאוָ֥ה
n'vh
adjective · 10×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×
תַעֲנוּגֹ֛ת
t'nvgt
noun · 5×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 10:7 — I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
- Luke 16:19 — There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
- Luke 16:23 — And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
- Prov 26:1 — As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
- Prov 26:1 — As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
- Prov 30:21 — For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
- Prov 30:22 — For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;