10It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury- how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!


In Context

7 A poor man is shunned by all his relatives- how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he pursues them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.

8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who cherishes understanding prospers.

9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will perish.

10 It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury- how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

11 A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.

12 A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 19:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:10Delicacies are not seemly for a fool: nor for a servant to have rule over princes.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:10Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:10Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:10Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:10Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:10Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.