Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do you see someone who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for them. New Living Translation There is more hope for a fool than for someone who speaks without thinking. English Standard Version Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Berean Standard Bible Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him. King James Bible Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. New King James Version Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. New American Standard Bible Do you see a person who is hasty with his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. NASB 1995 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. NASB 1977 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Legacy Standard Bible Do you behold a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Amplified Bible Do you see a [conceited] man who speaks quickly [offering his opinions or answering without thinking]? There is more hope for a [thickheaded] fool than for him. Christian Standard Bible Do you see someone who speaks too soon? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Holman Christian Standard Bible Do you see a man who speaks too soon? There is more hope for a fool than for him. American Standard Version Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English If you have seen a man hasty in his words, know that a fool is better than he. Brenton Septuagint Translation If thou see a man hasty in his words, know that the fool has hope rather than he. Contemporary English Version There is more hope for a fool than for someone who speaks without thinking. Douay-Rheims Bible Hast thou seen a man hasty to speak? folly is rather to be looked for, than his amendment. English Revised Version Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. GOD'S WORD® Translation Have you met a person who is quick to answer? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Good News Translation There is more hope for a stupid fool than for someone who speaks without thinking. International Standard Version Do you see a man who speaks hastily? There is more hope for a fool than for him. JPS Tanakh 1917 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Literal Standard Version You have seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him. Majority Standard Bible Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him. New American Bible Do you see someone hasty in speech? There is more hope for a fool! NET Bible Do you see someone who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. New Revised Standard Version Do you see someone who is hasty in speech? There is more hope for a fool than for anyone like that. New Heart English Bible Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Webster's Bible Translation Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. World English Bible Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Young's Literal Translation Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Stiff-Necked will Be Destroyed…19A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond. 20Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him. 21A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.… Cross References James 1:19 My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, Proverbs 19:2 Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark. Proverbs 26:12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Proverbs 29:19 A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond. Proverbs 29:21 A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end. Treasury of Scripture See you a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. seest Proverbs 29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: words Proverbs 14:29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. Proverbs 21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. more Proverbs 26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. Jump to Previous Fool Foolish Haste Hasty Hope Quick Seest Speaks Tongue WordsJump to Next Fool Foolish Haste Hasty Hope Quick Seest Speaks Tongue WordsProverbs 29 1. observations of public government15. and of private 22. Of anger, pride, thievery, cowardice and corruption (20) There is more hope of a fool (khesil) than of him.--The fool is a dull, self-satisfied person, but may learn better; the man who is hasty and ill-advised in his words has a harder task before him in governing his tongue. (Comp. James 3:2 sqq.)Verse 20. - Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? (comp. Proverbs 26:12); Vulgate, velocem ad loquendum; Septuagint, ταχὺν ἐν λόγοις. James 1:19," Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak." "A talkative (γλωσσώδης) man is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash (προπετὴς) in his words shall be hated" (Ecclus. 9:18). We might also translate, "hasty in his matters," "hasty in business," and the gnome would be equally true (see note on Proverbs 19:2). There is more hope era fool than of him. The dull, stupid man (kesil) may be instructed and guided and made to listen to reason; the hasty and ill-advised speaker consults no one, takes no thought before he speaks, nor reflects on the effect of his words; such a man it is almost impossible to reform (see James 3:5, etc.). "Every one that speaks," says St. Gregory, "while he waits for his hearer's sentence upon his words, is as it were subjected to the judgment of him by whom he is heard. Accordingly, he that fears to be condemned in respect of his words ought first to put to the test that which he delivers - that there may be a kind of impartial and sober umpire sitting between the hear and tongue, weighing with exactness whether the heart presents right words, which the tongue taking up with advantage may bring forward for the heater's judgment" ('Moral.,' 8:5, Oxford transl.). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Do you seeחָזִ֗יתָ (ḥā·zî·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 2372: To gaze at, to perceive, contemplate, to have a, vision of a man אִ֭ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person who speaks בִּדְבָרָ֑יו (biḏ·ḇā·rāw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause in haste? אָ֣ץ (’āṣ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 213: To press, to be close, hurry, withdraw There is more hope תִּקְוָ֖ה (tiq·wāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8615: A cord, expectancy for a fool לִכְסִ֣יל (liḵ·sîl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool than for him. מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ (mim·men·nū) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of Links Proverbs 29:20 NIVProverbs 29:20 NLT Proverbs 29:20 ESV Proverbs 29:20 NASB Proverbs 29:20 KJV Proverbs 29:20 BibleApps.com Proverbs 29:20 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 29:20 Chinese Bible Proverbs 29:20 French Bible Proverbs 29:20 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 29:20 Do you see a man who (Prov. 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