The Flourishing of the Righteous

Proverbs 29:21

In 11 translations

BSB: A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.
KJV: He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
WEB: He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.
ASV: He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.
LSV: Whoever is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, || [At] his latter end he is also continuator.
YLT: Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, [At] his latter end also he is continuator.
DBY: He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall in the end have him as a son.
DRC: He that nourisheth his servant delicately from his childhood, afterwards shall find him stubborn.
GNV: He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from youth, at length he will be euen as his sone.
JPS: He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become master at the last.
LXXE: He that lives wantonly from a child, shall be a servant, and in the end shall grieve over himself.

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.

WLC: מְפַנֵּ֣ק מִנֹּ֣עַר עַבְדּ֑וֹ וְ֝אַחֲרִית֗וֹ יִהְיֶ֥ה מָנֽוֹן׃
LXX-Br: Ὃς κατασπαταλᾷ ἐκ παιδὸς, οἰκέτης ἔσται, ἔσχατον δὲ ὀδυνηθήσεται ἐφʼ ἑαυτῷ·

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).