Proverbs Chapter 29 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 29:20

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
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BBE Proverbs 29:20

Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.
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DARBY Proverbs 29:20

Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
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KJV Proverbs 29:20

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
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WBT Proverbs 29:20


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WEB Proverbs 29:20

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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YLT Proverbs 29:20

Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? (comp. Proverbs 26:12); Vulgate, velocem ad loquendum; Septuagint, ταχὺν ἐν λόγοις. James 1:19," Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak." "A talkative (γλωσσώδης) man is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash (προπετὴς) in his words shall be hated" (Ecclus. 9:18). We might also translate, "hasty in his matters," "hasty in business," and the gnome would be equally true (see note on Proverbs 19:2). There is more hope era fool than of him. The dull, stupid man (kesil) may be instructed and guided and made to listen to reason; the hasty and ill-advised speaker consults no one, takes no thought before he speaks, nor reflects on the effect of his words; such a man it is almost impossible to reform (see James 3:5, etc.). "Every one that speaks," says St. Gregory, "while he waits for his hearer's sentence upon his words, is as it were subjected to the judgment of him by whom he is heard. Accordingly, he that fears to be condemned in respect of his words ought first to put to the test that which he delivers - that there may be a kind of impartial and sober umpire sitting between the hear and tongue, weighing with exactness whether the heart presents right words, which the tongue taking up with advantage may bring forward for the heater's judgment" ('Moral.,' 8:5, Oxford transl.).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) There is more hope of a fool (khesil) than of him.--The fool is a dull, self-satisfied person, but may learn better; the man who is hasty and ill-advised in his words has a harder task before him in governing his tongue. (Comp. James 3:2 sqq.)