Proverbs 29:19
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
KJV
Servus verbis non potest erudiri, quia quod dicis intelligit, et respondere contemnit.
Vulgate
λόγοις οὐ παιδευθήσεται οἰκέτης σκληρός· ἐὰν γὰρ καὶ νοήσῃ, ἀλλ’ οὐχ ὑπακούσεται.
LXX
A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.
ASV
בִּ֭/דְבָרִים לֹא יִוָּ֣סֶר עָ֑בֶד כִּֽי יָ֝בִ֗ין וְ/אֵ֣ין מַעֲנֶֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
יָבִ֥ין
ybyn
verb · 168×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַעֲנֶ֑ה
m'nh
verb · 8×
נִי
ny
verb · 43×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 21:20 — And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.