Matthew Henry · Verse 19
Here is an unprofitable, slothful, wicked servant; one that serves not from conscience, or love, but from fear.
Proverbs 29:19
A servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
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WEBBE
A servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
BSB
A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
KJV
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.
BBE
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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