Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Proverbs 17:2 in other translations
| BSB | A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers. |
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| WEB | A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers. |
| ASV | A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren. |
| YLT | A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance. |
| DARBY | A wise servant shall rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren. |
| BBE | A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers. |
| Webster | A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. |
What does Proverbs 17:2 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 17:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 17:2
- Proverbs 10:5
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
- Proverbs 14:35
The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
- Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
- Proverbs 19:26
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
- Proverbs 11:29
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
- Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
- Genesis 24:4-67
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. …
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11:29; 14:35; Ge 24:4-67; Ec 4:13
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10:5; 19:26; 29:15
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Context
- Proverbs 17:1
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
- Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
- Proverbs 17:3
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
Proverbs 17:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El siervo prudente se enseñoreará del hijo que deshonra, y entre los hermanos partirá la herencia. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Un serviteur sage gouvernera le fils qui fait honte, et il aura part à l’héritage au milieu des frères. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ein einsichtiger Knecht wird über den schändlichen Sohn herrschen, und inmitten der Brüder die Erbschaft teilen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Servus sapiens dominabitur filiis stultis, et inter fratres hæreditatem dividet. |