Pro Proverbs, chapter Proverbs of Solomon, chapter 29

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

Proverbs 29:19 in different translations

English

KJV (66 books) A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
ASV A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.
BSB A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
DRA A slave will not be corrected by words: because he understandeth what thou sayest, and will not answer.
FBV A servant can't be disciplined by words alone; though they understand, they don't follow what they're told.
GNV A seruant will not be chastised with words: though he vnderstand, yet he will not answere.
JPS A servant will not be corrected by words; for though he understand, there will be no response.
LSV By words a servant is not instructed though he understand, || And there is nothing answering.
NASB A slave will not be instructed by words alone; For though he understands, there will be no response. NASB 2020
NIV (US) Servants cannot be corrected by mere words; though they understand, they will not respond.
OJB An eved will not be corrected by devarim, for though he understand he will not answer.
T4T It is not possible to correct/discipline servants only by talking to them; they understand what you are saying, but they do not pay attention to it.
WEB (US) A servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.

Russian

РСП (66 кн.) Словами не научится раб, потому что, хотя он понимает их, но не слушается.
РСП (юбил.) Словами не научить раба, потому что, хотя он понимает их, но не слушается.
НРП Слугу не исправить одними словами: он понимает, но не внимает.
Заокская (Кулаков) Словами раба не вразумишь: даже если поймет он слово, ему не последует.
ВП Раба не исправить одними словами: он понимает, но не внимает.
СП (БЛ) Слуга ничему не научится, если ты будешь только говорить с ним. Он, может, и поймёт твои слова, но подчиняться им не станет.