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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.