Proverbs 17:2

In 11 translations

BSB

A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.

KJV

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

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.

LSV

A wise servant rules over a son causing shame, || And he apportions an inheritance in the midst of brothers.

YLT

A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.

DBY

A wise servant shall rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

DRC

A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.

GNV

A discrete seruant shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and hee shall deuide the heritage among the brethren.

JPS

A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that dealeth shamefully, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

LXXE

A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren.

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Original-language editions

WLC

עֶֽבֶד־מַשְׂכִּ֗יל יִ֭מְשֹׁל בְּבֵ֣ן מֵבִ֑ישׁ וּבְת֥וֹךְ אַ֝חִ֗ים יַחֲלֹ֥ק נַחֲלָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Οἰκέτης νοήμων κρατήσει δεσποτῶν ἀφρόνων, ἐν δὲ ἀδελφοῖς διελεῖται μέρη.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 10:5He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
• Proverbs 19:26He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
• Proverbs 14:35A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
• Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
• Proverbs 29:15A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
• Proverbs 11:29He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
• Genesis 24:4–67but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.” The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you…

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