Proverbs 22:29 Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.

English Standard Version
Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

New American Standard Bible
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure men.

King James Bible
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand in the presence of kings. He will not stand in the presence of unknown men.

International Standard Version
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will work for kings, not unimportant people.

American Standard Version
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.

Darby Bible Translation
Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.

Young's Literal Translation
Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!

Cross References

Genesis 41:46
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 47:6
The land of Egypt is before you; in the best of the land make your father and brothers to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if you know any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

1 Samuel 16:21
And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.

1 Kings 10:8
Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, which stand continually before you, and that hear your wisdom.

1 Kings 11:28
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

Proverbs 23:1
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

22:26,27. Every man ought to be just to himself, and his family; those are not so, who, by folly or other carelessness, waste what they have. 28. We are taught not to trespass on another man's right. And it is hard to find a truly industrious man. Such a man will rise. Seest thou a man diligent in the business of religion? He is likely to excel. Let us then be diligent in God's work.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

29. Success rewards diligence (Pr 10:4; 21:5).

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