The Words of Agur
Proverbs 30:10
In 10 translations
- BSB
- Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.
- KJV
- Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.Accuse…: Heb. Hurt not with thy tongue
- WEB
- “Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
- ASV
- Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
- LSV
- Do not accuse a servant to his lord, || Lest he disapprove of you, and you are found guilty.
- YLT
- Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.
- DBY
- Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
- DRC
- Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou fall.
- GNV
- Accuse not a seruant vnto his master, lest he curse thee, when thou hast offended.
- JPS
- Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
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- Written (Ketiv): אֲדֹנוֹ (“master his”). Read aloud (Qere): אֲדֹנָ֑יו (“masters his”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads אֲדֹנָ֑ו; read aloud (Qere) reads אֲדֹנָ֑יו (“masters his”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- אַל־תַּלְשֵׁ֣ן עֶ֭בֶד אֶל־אדנו פֶּֽן־יְקַלֶּלְךָ֥ וְאָשָֽׁמְתָּ׃Read aloud as (qere): אֲדֹנָ֑יו
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Ecclesiastes 7:21Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
- Romans 14:4Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
- Daniel 3:8–18At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews, saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever! You, O king, have issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the…
- Daniel 6:13Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”
- 2 Samuel 19:26–27“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me, and he has slandered your servant to my lord…
- Daniel 6:24At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions…
- Proverbs 24:23–24These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good. Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
- 2 Chronicles 24:22–24Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to…
- 1 Samuel 22:9–10But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob. Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also…
- Proverbs 11:26The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.
- 1 Samuel 24:9and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
- 1 Samuel 30:15“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”
- Deuteronomy 23:15Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
- 1 Samuel 26:19Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For…
- 2 Samuel 16:1–4When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred…
- Deuteronomy 15:9Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD…
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).