Matthew Henry · Verse 21
Good usage to a servant does not mean indulgence, which would ruin even a child. The body is a servant to the soul; those that humour it, and are over-tender of it, will find it forget its place.
Proverbs 29:21
He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.
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WEBBE
He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.
BSB
A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.
KJV
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
ASV
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.
BBE
If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.
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