Proverbs 29:19
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
American King James Version (AKJV)
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
American Standard Version (ASV)
A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
A servant will not be trained by words; for though the sense of the words is clear to him, he will not give attention.
Webster's Revision
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understandeth, he will not answer.
World English Bible
A servant can't be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
English Revised Version (ERV)
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not give heed.
Barnes's Proverbs 29:19 Bible Commentary
Servant - i. e., A slave, whose obedience is reluctant. He may "understand" the words, but they produce no good effect. There is still lacking the true "answer" of obedience.
Wesley's Proverbs 29:19 Bible Commentary
29:19 A servant - Who is so not only in condition, but also in the temper of his mind, disingenuous, and stubborn. Words - By mere words.Tho' - Though he know thy mind, and his own duty.
