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Proverbs 30:22

What does Proverbs 30:22 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 30:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when be is filled with meat:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;

Context

v.21For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, whichit cannot bear:

v.22This passage

v.23For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 25:36

    And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

  • Ecclesiastes 10:7

    I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.

  • 1 Samuel 25:25

    Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

  • Proverbs 28:3

    A needy man that oppresseth the poor Islikea sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

  • 1 Samuel 25:10

    And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.

  • Proverbs 19:10

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

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