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


In Context

17 Discipline your son, and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to your soul.

18 Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the law.

19 A servant cannot be corrected by mere words; though he understands, he will not respond.

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

21 If a man pampers his servant from youth, he will bring grief in the end.

22 An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins.

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 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 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.