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


In Context

17 Chasten thy son, and he shall give thee rest, and shall give delight unto thy soul.

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

19 A servant is not corrected by words: he understandeth indeed, but he will not answer.

20 Hast thou seen a man 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 in the end have him as a son.

22 An angry man exciteth contention; and a furious 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 American Standard 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 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.