Proverbs 11:29

In 11 translations

BSB

He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

KJV

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

WEB

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

ASV

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

LSV

Whoever is troubling his own house inherits wind, || And the fool [is] a servant to the wise of heart.

YLT

Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant [is] the fool to the wise of heart.

DBY

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

DRC

He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise.

GNV

He that troubleth his owne house, shall inherite the winde, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wise in heart.

JPS

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; and the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

LXXE

He that deals not graciously with his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise man.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

עוֹכֵ֣ר בֵּ֭יתוֹ יִנְחַל־ר֑וּחַ וְעֶ֥בֶד אֱ֝וִ֗יל לַחֲכַם־לֵֽב׃

LXX-Br

Ὁ μὴ συμπεριφερόμενος τῷ ἑαυτοῦ οἴκῳ, κληρονομήσει ἄνεμον, δουλεύσει δὲ ἄφρων φρονίμῳ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 5:16This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
• Proverbs 14:19The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
• Habakkuk 2:9–10Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster! You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.
• Proverbs 15:27He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
• 1 Samuel 25:38About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
• Joshua 7:24–25Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them…
• 1 Samuel 25:3His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
• Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
• Genesis 34:30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and…
• 1 Samuel 25:17Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”

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