Proverbs 29:19 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 29:19

A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.

KJV

A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בִּ֭דְבָרִים	Bid.va.rim	by words	H1697 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יִוָּ֣סֶר	yi.Va.ser	he will let himself be instructed	H3256 →
עָ֑בֶד	'A.ved	a slave	H5650 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
יָ֝בִ֗ין	ya.Vin	he will understand	H995 →
וְאֵ֣ין	ve.'Ein	and there not	H369 →
מַעֲנֶֽה׃	ma.'a.Neh	[will be one who] answers	H6030 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
leads to
- Proverbs 10:13
  Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
- Psalms 32:9
  Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
- 1 Corinthians 4:21
  Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
- Judges 8:5–7
  So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
- Proverbs 17:10
  A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
Through
Proverbs 30:22
a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
leads to
- Proverbs 19:10
  Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
- Ecclesiastes 10:7
  I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
Through
Job 19:16
I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
leads to
- Job 1:15–17
  the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Proverbs

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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