20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.


In Context

17 Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

18 Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

19 A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.

20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.

22 An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

Proverbs 29:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:20Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:20Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:20Hast thou seen a man hasty to speak? folly is rather to be looked for, than his amendment.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:20Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:20Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:20Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:20See you a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.