Proverbs 30:22
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
KJV
per servum, cum regnaverit ; per stultum, cum saturatus fuerit cibo ;
Vulgate
For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;
ASV
תַּֽחַת עֶ֭בֶד כִּ֣י יִמְל֑וֹךְ וְ֝/נָבָ֗ל כִּ֣י יִֽשְׂבַּֽע לָֽחֶם
Hebrew
By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when be is filled with meat:
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
verb · 349×
יִֽשְׂבַּֽע
yshb'
verb · 96×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
נָבָ֖ל
nbl
adjective · 18×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage 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.
- Eccl 10:7 — I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
- Lam 5:8 — Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
- Prov 19:10 — Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- Prov 26:8 — As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.