Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version a servant who becomes king, a godless fool who gets plenty to eat, New Living Translation a slave who becomes a king, an overbearing fool who prospers, English Standard Version a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food; Berean Standard Bible a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food, King James Bible For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; New King James Version For a servant when he reigns, A fool when he is filled with food, New American Standard Bible Under a slave when he becomes king, And a fool when he is satisfied with food, NASB 1995 Under a slave when he becomes king, And a fool when he is satisfied with food, NASB 1977 Under a slave when he becomes king, And a fool when he is satisfied with food, Legacy Standard Bible Under a slave when he becomes king, And a wicked fool when he is satisfied with food, Amplified Bible Under a servant when he reigns, Under a [spiritually blind] fool when he is filled with food, Christian Standard Bible a servant when he becomes king, a fool when he is stuffed with food, Holman Christian Standard Bible a servant when he becomes king, a fool when he is stuffed with food, American Standard Version For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food; Aramaic Bible in Plain English Under a Servant when he will reign, and under a fool when he is filled with bread, Brenton Septuagint Translation if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food; Contemporary English Version A slave who becomes king, a fool who eats too much, Douay-Rheims Bible By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when he is filled with meat: English Revised Version For a servant when he is king; and a fool when he is filled with meat; GOD'S WORD® Translation a slave when he becomes king, a godless fool when he is filled with food, Good News Translation a slave who becomes a king, a fool who has all he wants to eat, International Standard Version Under a slave when he becomes a king, a fool when he is overfed, JPS Tanakh 1917 For a servant when he reigneth; And a churl when he is filled with food; Literal Standard Version For a servant when he reigns, | And a fool when he is satisfied with bread, Majority Standard Bible a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food, New American Bible Under a slave who becomes king, and a fool who is glutted with food; NET Bible under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food, New Revised Standard Version a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when glutted with food; New Heart English Bible For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food; Webster's Bible Translation For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with food. World English Bible For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food, Young's Literal Translation For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Words of Agur…21Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: 22 a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food, 23an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.… Cross References Proverbs 19:10 Luxury is unseemly for a fool--how much worse for a slave to rule over princes! Proverbs 30:21 Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: Proverbs 30:23 an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress. Ecclesiastes 10:7 I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves. Treasury of Scripture For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with meat; a servant Proverbs 19:10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. Proverbs 28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. Ecclesiastes 10:7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. a fool 1 Samuel 25:3,10,11,25,36-38 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb… 1 Samuel 30:16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. Jump to Previous Bread Churl Filled Food Fool Full Increased Meat Reigneth Satisfied Sense Servant Slave WealthJump to Next Bread Churl Filled Food Fool Full Increased Meat Reigneth Satisfied Sense Servant Slave WealthProverbs 30 1. Agur's confession of his faith7. The two points of his prayer 10. The meanest are not to be wronged 11. Four wicked generations 15. Four things insatiable 24. four things exceeding wise 29. Four things stately 32. Wrath is to be prevented (22) For a servant when he reigneth.--The mischief done by Oriental favourites at court, who often began life as slaves, was proverbial. A fool (n?bh?l).--See above, on Proverbs 17:7. It is only when he has to work hard for his living that he will behave himself decently; if he gets a little money, it will soon be wasted in idleness and self-indulgence. Verse 22. - For a servant when he reigneth; or, under a slave when he becometh king. This startling vicissitude was not uncommon in Eastern states; and even if the slave was not preferred to regal power, he was often advanced by unwise favouritism to high position, for which he was wholly unfitted, and which he used only to aggrandize himself at the expense and to the injury of others, This incongruity has been already noticed at Proverbs 19:10 (where see note). And a fool when he is filled with meat. "Fool" is here nabal, a low, profligate fellow, who is rich and without care. When such a one rises to high position, or has power over others, he becomes arrogant, selfish, unbearable (comp. ver. 9; Proverbs 28:12; Proverbs 29:2).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew a servantעֶ֭בֶד (‘e·ḇeḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant who כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction becomes king, יִמְל֑וֹךְ (yim·lō·wḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel a fool וְ֝נָבָ֗ל (wə·nā·ḇāl) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5036: Foolish, senseless who כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction is filled יִֽשְׂבַּֽע־ (yiś·ba‘-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited with food, לָֽחֶם׃ (lā·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain Links Proverbs 30:22 NIVProverbs 30:22 NLT Proverbs 30:22 ESV Proverbs 30:22 NASB Proverbs 30:22 KJV Proverbs 30:22 BibleApps.com Proverbs 30:22 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 30:22 Chinese Bible Proverbs 30:22 French Bible Proverbs 30:22 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 30:22 For a servant when he is king (Prov. 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