Proverbs 19 · Verse 29

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Proverbs 19:29, King James Version

Proverbs 19:29 in other translations

BSBJudgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
WEBPenalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
ASVJudgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
YLTJudgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!
DARBYJudgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of the foolish.
BBERods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.
WebsterJudgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

What does Proverbs 19:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
29. Their punishment is sure, fixed, and ready (compare Pr 3:34; 10:13).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 Stripes for the back of fools - Profane and wicked men expose themselves to the punishments denounced against such by just laws. Avoid, therefore, both their company and their end.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
The unbelief of man shall not make God's threatenings of no effect. Christ himself, when bearing sins not his own, was not spared. Justice and judgment took hold of our blessed Surety; and will God spare obstinate sinners?

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 19:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נָכ֣וֹנוּna.Kho.nuthey are preparedH3559
לַלֵּצִ֣יםla.le.Tzimfor <the> mockersH3887
שְׁפָטִ֑יםshe.fa.TimjudgmentsH8201
וּ֝מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹתu.ma.ha.lu.Motand blowsH4112
לְגֵ֣וle.Gevfor [the] back ofH1460
כְּסִילִֽים\׃ke.si.LimfoolsH3684

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 19:29

  • Proverbs 26:3

    A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.

  • Proverbs 10:13

    In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

  • Proverbs 9:12

    If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

  • 2 Peter 3:3-7

    Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: …

  • Acts 13:40-41

    Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.

  • Hebrews 12:6

    For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

  • Isaiah 28:22

    Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

  • Isaiah 29:20

    For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

  • Proverbs 18:6

    A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

  • Proverbs 3:34

    Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

  • Proverbs 17:10

    A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Proverbs 7:22

    He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Judgments.
3:34; 9:12; Isa 28:22; 29:20; Ac 13:40,41; 2Pe 3:3-7
and.
7:22; 10:13; 17:10; 26:3; Heb 12:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 19:28

    An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

  • Proverbs 19:29

    Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

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Proverbs 19:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Aparejados están juicios para los escarnecedores, y azotes para los cuerpos de los insensatos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Les jugements sont préparés pour les moqueurs, et les coups pour le dos des sots.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Für die Spötter sind Gerichte bereit, und Schläge für den Rücken der Toren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Parata sunt derisoribus judicia, et mallei percutientes stultorum corporibus.