Proverbs Chapter 29 verse 19 Holy Bible
A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.
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A servant will not be trained by words; for though the sense of the words is clear to him, he will not give attention.
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A servant is not corrected by words: he understandeth indeed, but he will not answer.
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A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
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A servant can't be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
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By words a servant is not instructed though he understand, And there is nothing answering.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - A servant will not be corrected by words. Mere words will not suffice to teach a slave, any more than a child, true, practical wisdom. He needs severer measures, even the correction of personal discipline. Septuagint, "By words a stubborn (σκληρὸς) slave will not be instructed." The next clause gives an explanation of this necessity. For though he understand he will not answer. The answer is not merely the verbal response to a command, as, "I go, sir;" but it implies obedience in action. The reluctant slave thoroughly understands the order given, but he pays no heed to it, will not trouble himself to execute it, and therefore must meet with stern treatment (comp. ver. 15; Proverbs 23:13, etc.; Proverbs 26:3). "That servant which knew his Lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes" (Luke 12:47). Septuagint, "For even if he understand, he will not obey."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) A servant will not be corrected with words.--A slave must be corrected by sterner means; it is only fear of punishment which will move him; "for though he understand, he will not answer," will not reply to your call, or render obedience to your command. The willing obedience of a son, and the grudging obedience of a slave, are contrasted in Romans 8:15.