Proverbs 30:22

In 10 translations

BSB

a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

KJV

For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

WEB

For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,

ASV

For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;

LSV

For a servant when he reigns, || And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,

YLT

For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,

DBY

Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;

DRC

By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when he is filled with meat:

GNV

For a seruant when he reigneth, and a foole when he is filled with meate,

JPS

For a servant when he reigneth; and a churl when he is filled with food;

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WLC

תַּֽחַת־עֶ֭בֶד כִּ֣י יִמְל֑וֹךְ וְ֝נָבָ֗ל כִּ֣י יִֽשְׂבַּֽע־לָֽחֶם׃

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 19:10Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
• Ecclesiastes 10:7I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
• Isaiah 3:4–5“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.” The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the…
• 1 Samuel 25:10–11But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters. Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and…
• 1 Samuel 25:36–38When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light. In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told…
• 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.
• 1 Samuel 25:25My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
• 1 Samuel 30:16So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
• Proverbs 28:3A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

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