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


In Context

17 Instruct thy son, and he shall refresh thee, and shall give delight to thy soul.

18 When prophecy shall fail, the people shall be scattered abroad: but he that keepeth the law is blessed.

19 A slave will not be corrected by words: because he understandeth what thou sayest, and will not answer.

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

21 He that nourisheth his servant delicately from his childhood, afterwards shall find him stubborn.

22 A passionate man provoketh quarrels: and he that is easily stirred up to wrath, shall be more prone to sin.

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 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 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.