Proverbs 29 · Verse 20

Proverbs 29:20

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 29:20, King James Version

Proverbs 29:20 in other translations

BSB	Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
WEB	Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
ASV	Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
YLT	Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.
DARBY	Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
BBE	Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.
Webster	Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

20. (Compare Pr 21:5). hasty in ... words?--implying self-conceit (Pr 26:12).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

When a man is self-conceited, rash, and given to wrangling, there is more hope of the ignorant and profligate.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

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.

חָזִ֗יתָcha.Zi.tado you see?H2372

אִ֭ישׁ'ishanyoneH376

אָ֣ץ'atzhastyH213

בִּדְבָרָ֑יוbid.va.Ravin words hisH1697

תִּקְוָ֖הtik.VahhopeH8615

לִכְסִ֣ילlikh.Sil[belongs] to a foolH3684

מִמֶּֽנּוּ\׃mi.Me.numore than himH4480

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

James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Proverbs 26:12
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 14:29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
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.
Proverbs 29:11
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Proverbs 21:5
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Seest.
11; Ec 5:2; Jas 1:19
words. or, matters.
14:29; 21:5
more.
26:12

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

Proverbs 29:19
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
Proverbs 29:20
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 29:21
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	¿Has visto hombre ligero en sus palabras? más esperanza hay del necio que de él.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	As-tu vu un homme précipité dans ses paroles? Il y a plus d’espoir pour un sot que pour lui.
German Elberfelder 1871	Siehst du einen Mann, der hastig ist in seinen Worten-für einen Toren ist mehr Hoffnung als für ihn.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Vidisti hominem velocem ad loquendum? stultitia magis speranda est quam illius correptio.