Proverbs 19:10

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Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

In other translations

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

Hebrew words

לֹא־lo'-notH3808נָאוֶהnaveh[is] suitableH5000לִכְסִילlikhsilfor a foolH3684תַּעֲנוּגta'anugluxuryH8588אַף'afindeed?H637כִּי־ki-forH3588לְעֶבֶד׀le'evedfor a slaveH5650מְשֹׁלmesholto ruleH4910בְּשָׂרִים׃besarimover princesH8269

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

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